Right craving!
Verse for Today: Saturday, March 09, 2013
Matthew 5:6 – Blessed are
those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Satisfaction is one of the
criteria for happiness in human life. But satisfaction depends on the type and
depth of our cravings. When our cravings for the things of the world increase,
different means are sought after for its fulfillment. But such satisfaction is
momentary and short-lived. The dissatisfied human life is filled with continuous
attempts to find fulfillment for the unending cravings. The world offers bubbles
of satisfaction through tempting goals and seemingly attractive means. These
goals generate cravings for possessions, positions, prestige, prominence and
popularity. But we find that the more we have any of these, the greater is our
desire for more of it. But God comes to man to offer him total satisfaction if
his cravings are for the eternal things. If man is hungry and thirsty for the
righteousness of God to be fulfilled in his life and the lives of others
around, God will fill such lives to satisfaction. If we drink the lukewarm
waters from the broken cisterns of this world, we will be thirsty for more of
it. We will become slaves to these temporal earthly mirages and will go to any
extent without ever finding an end to it. But if our desire is for God’s
priorities in our lives, God will fulfill it through His Spirit and Word. God
desires that we draw closer to Him and live by faith in Him and His promises. He
desires that what is right in His sight becomes right in our eyes also. Thus we
will be willing to lose any temporal gains the world offers. If we have such a
hunger for godly living, God will strengthen us to live a godly life in our
generation as in the case of Noah, Job, Joseph and Daniel who lived among
people who craved for the temporal.
Dear friend, do you have a hunger
and thirst for divine things in life? Are you craving for temporal gains of
this world which neither lasts nor satisfies? There are many who went the world’s
ways and found themselves in its trap. People like Lot, Gehazi, Achan, Solomon
and Demas went the ways of the world and surrendered to its bondage. But they
all found that the cravings of the world would only yield pseudo satisfaction.
The consequences of running after the pleasures and possessions of this world
are very high and it leaves us empty with the scars of sin in our lives. But
those who spend time in the presence of God and become saturated with His Word
will find their hearts filled with God’s priorities for our lives. The more we
crave for God’s righteousness in our lives and in the lives of those who are
around us, the greater will be the opportunity God gives us to drink more from
His stream of living water to full satisfaction. We will then have a deep
craving for our spiritual welfare and that of others around us. God wants us to
surrender ourselves as fit instruments in His hands for Him to use us to touch
the spiritually hungry people who are under the grip of anxiety, lust,
conflicts, anger, stress, loneliness, isolation, rejection, depression and
resentment. If we are adequately surrendered to His will, He will fill us with
His Spirit to enable us to apply the Balm of Gilead which will take away all
the sickness of the soul in the lives of people around us. Let us today desire
to become God’s instrument for righteousness in others’ lives rather than pawns
in the hands of the world for more and more filthy lucre which will never
satisfy us. Remember, when God fills us to satisfaction in the eternal, He will
surely meet our temporal needs according to His riches in glory.
Isaiah 32:17 – The fruit of
righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and
confidence for ever.
Thought for Today
Right spiritual diet will generate deeper cravings to touch other lives
for God.
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