HUNGER and THIRST WK 2
Matthew 5:6
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
WHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS???
RIGHTEOUSNESS = GOD’S RIGHT WAY OF DOING THINGS.
Righteousness is things happening on earth as they do in Heaven.
3 HUNGER AND THIRST FACTORS:
1) YOU HAVE TO
1 Peter 2:2
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
No one can really force you to eat or drink…
Psalm 63:1 - 5
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
This scripture is not talking about “chasing after God”.
HUNGER AND THIRST HAVE TO DO WITH A
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE HUNGER AND THIRST FOR MORE OF HIM…
2) YOU HAVE TO
John 6:35
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:51
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
MANY PEOPLE LIVE A
Instead of being filled with God’s fullness, we try to fill ourselves up with other things…
Isaiah 55:2 The Message
2 Why do you spend your money on junk food, your hard-earned cash on cotton candy?
Listen to me, listen well: Eat only the best, fill yourself with only the finest.
GO TO THE SOURCE TO BE SATISFIED.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE GOING TO GOD A PRIORITY AND A DESIRE.
YOU CANNOT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHOUT KNOWING JESUS.
YOU CANNOT FIGURE OUT RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHOUT READING YOUR BIBLE!
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Jeremiah 2:13
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
God is using a metaphor.
This word picture helps to understand more about ourselves and more about God.
In this word picture, God is fresh, pure, cool water that flows nonstop and quenches our thirst.
- THEY RECEIVE THAT GOOD THING FROM GOD AND IT JUST QUICKLY LEAKS OUT…
- THEY ARE A BROKEN WATER JUG…
There is a way God wants us to live our lives - so when we receive the blessings of God in our lives that we STAY FULL!
GOD GIVES US INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LIVE THE “FULL LIFE”.
John 4:14
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- Jesus was talking about her thirst for REAL LIFE…
- God will satisfy your deepest desires if you look to Him and His way for fulfillment.
When we belong to Jesus and choose to follow him, he gets rid of the old, sinful, broken things in our lives.
When we hunger and thirst for righteousness, God fills us up.
God fills us up so much that all the blessings and good things he gives us overflow!
WANT IT!
DO SOMETHING!
EAT IT ALL!
THAT IS THE LIFE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE:
- SO FULL ON BLESSINGS
- SO FULL OF HAPPINESS
SO FULL THAT YOU CANNOT HELP BUT TO OVERFLOW:
- YOUR BLESSINGS
- YOUR HAPPINESS
INTO THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND YOU.
When you hunger and thirst after righteousness, when you want what God wants more than anything in the world, you will have it.
2 Corinthians 9:6 - 10
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
When you are giving - you must believe in PROSPERITY to change your life so that you can bring Kingdom.
YOU MUST ALSO BELIEVE IN PROSPERITY FOR THE CHURCH.