Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6)
What does righteousness mean? Righteousness is the righteousness of God, and God manifests his righteousness through the Bible, the words of the Bible is the word of God, the righteousness of God.
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”(Matthew 4:4)
Here it says that man should not live on physical bread alone, on physical food alone, but on spiritual food, which is the word of God and the words of the Bible. We want to eat when we are hungry, and we want to drink when we are thirsty. Do we hunger and thirst for the word of God? Do we hunger and thirst for righteousness? If we are, we are blessed, we will be satisfied. This satisfaction is spiritual satisfaction.
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. (Isaiah 55:1-2)
Here God tells those who are thirsty to go to him and drink, and he also tell those who have no money go to him, and they can go to him to eat and drink what is good he has given without cost, and they will be satisfied. People who spend money on junk food will not be satisfied, they can only be satisfied by eating and drinking what is good form God. Here water refers to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, and God Himself. If we listen to God, seek God Himself, we will eat what is good, we will be satisfied, we will have God’s presence, have joy from God, have joy in the spirit.
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13-14)
Here Lord Jesus said that if people drink water, they will be thirsty again. If people drink the living water he gives, they will never be thirsty. The water here refers to the Holy Spirit that Lord Jesus gives to those who believe in him and are baptized. The water will become in them a spring, a fountain of water welling up to eternal life.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😊
