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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
More Than Anything Else
"What great blessings there are for the people that want to
do right more than anything else! God will fully satisfy
them."
-- Matthew 5:6 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Other translations use the wording of hungering and thirsting after
righteousness where this translation refers to those who want to do
right. Except for a voluntary fast, most of us who spend our time on
the net don't know what it's like to be hungry. But nearly all of us,
at one time or another, have been very, very thirsty! To hunger and
thirst for righteousness is to want what pleases, honors, and reflects
God more than anything else. To be righteous becomes our consuming
passion. This spiritual commitment takes on a primal drive, much like
hunger and thirst drive us physically. Like so many of these beatitudes
in Matthew 5:3-11, finding our lives in God, his nature and his
character is our only path to fulfillment.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Holy and Righteous Father, while I know I can never even approximate
the edges of your righteous character, please use the Holy Spirit to
make me into the person who reflects your holiness to those around me.
Where I am inconsistent, please help me become faithful. Where I am
tempestuous and undisciplined, please bless me with self-control. Where
I am insensitive and unfeeling, please help me see life from the point
of view of others. O Father, I so much want to please and honor you in
what I say and do. Thank you for your grace. In Jesus' name I pray.
Amen.
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