Mark 5;6, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”

Where is your passion?

Humans are willing to fight for the things they are passionate about. It is the things that are near and dear to their heart. Some have a passion for reading, for learning, for golf or fishing, the list is endless. The things we love are the things for which we make room without apology. For many, cost is not a huge factor. People are willing to sacrifice for their passions.

The perfect example is Jesus. A definition of passion is the suffering and death of Jesus. In this instance passion also means love. It was the passion (or love) of Christ that cause him, who knew no sin, to take upon himself the sins of the world, and died for us all. He rose again with all power in his hand. Because of his passion, we all have access to so great a salvation.

Some important definitions:

Hunger is a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

Thirst is a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.

Passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion.

Righteousness the quality of being morally right or justifiable.

What do you hunger and thirst for?

One thing about hunger – it will make you take action to satisfy it. The same can be said about thirst. When your body is craving water, nothing else will do. You will turn up your nose at soda, coffee, tea, etc. When you thirst for water that is the only thing that will satisfy. Hunger is slightly different. Generally, anything edible and appetizing will do.

The key here is the discomfort and weakness caused by hunger will incentivize the average person to make moves to find food and water.

Now spiritually speaking, do we even hunger and thirst after righteousness?

We live in a time where masses choose to believe that right is wrong and wrong is right. A time where we find humor in the suffering of others. We finds entertainment in evil things: witchcraft, immorality, and abolishing the family unit, to name a few. Any thing that was formerly on the fringe or considered taboo are now the things that are seen as normal.

Regardless, Jesus declares blessings on those who will push through all the temptations and distractions that flood our senses daily to seek after righteousness. God promises that we shall be filled. The void that hunger and thirst caused will be filled with the very thing(s) we need.

Beware. We must be cautious about imitations. The enemy will seek to fill those same voids too. Spiritually speaking, Instead of water, he will want to provide unhealthy sugary drinks that will not fully satisfy your thirst. He will want you to indulge in foods with no nutritional value. Instead of the meat of the word of God, the enemy will bring false prophets or doctrines of devil. Instead of the water of life, rivers of living water, the enemy will want you to drink from poisoned wells.

So, we must know God and recognize his voice when he speaks. We must seek his face and to do the things that bring glory to his name. We must seek to show love and kindness to those we meet. We must show the love of God in a world where people are turning away from God.

We must allow our passions to be Godly. If they are not, we must be willing to let them go and replace them with things that are.

Be blessed and have a great night,