TEXT: Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
MEDITATION:
What drives your life? What is your ultimate concern in life?
The lavish lifestyles of the rich and famous really amaze me. I hope you know Elvis Presley; the rock n roll superstar of the 60’s.
It is noted that he followed after, not only materials, but sensuality of all kind. And in his hey-day it is said that $5 million was his yearly income. Five million dollars, now that was a wee while ago. And in his first two years of stardom he had an overturn of $100 million. It is said of him that he had three jets, he had two Cadillacs, he had a Rolls-Royce, he had a Lincoln Continental, a Buick and a Chrysler station wagon, a Jeep, a dune buggy, a converted bus and three motorbikes. His most favourite car was the famous 1960 Cadillac Limousine model. The top of it was veneered and covered in pearl, literal pearl, white veneer. The body all around it was sprayed with forty coats of specially prepared paint that included within it crushed diamonds and fish-scales. Nearly all the metal trimmings around that car were plated in 18-carat gold. Inside the car there were two gold covered telephones; a gold vanity case containing a gold electric razor, gold hair-clippers, electric shoe-buffer; a gold-plated television; a record player; an amplifier; air-conditioning and a refrigerator that was capable of making ice in two minutes solid.
Whew! But what amazes me most is that in spite of the fortune these rich and famous have, it is quite obvious that all of them crave for” something” to fill their life. Like Elvis, all of them first tried to fill the longings of their flesh hoping that one day that satisfaction will come; that vacuum in their life will be filled. Then one day, after many years of indulging in all sensuality, he was found dead in his bathroom soaked in his own vomit. The real cause of death, a cocktail of ten prescribed drugs, taken in doses no doctor would prescribe.
In our beatitude for today, Jesus message is simple; your life will be filled if you hunger and thirst for righteousness. That empty space in our life is in the realm of our spirit that only God can fill. Jesus said in Matthew 4:4, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”, Jesus is telling us that above anything else we must not forget to take the Word of God to nourish our life that is why He also said in John 6:63 “The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing.”
AGAIN MAY I ASK, WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE CONCERN IN LIFE? I PRAY THAT TODAY YOU MAY REALIZE, LIKE WHAT JESUS SAID, THE LONGINGS OF OUR FLESH “COUNTS FOR NOTHING.” BY “FLESH” I MEAN ALL THE LONGINGS OF OUR PHYSICAL SENSES. IT WILL LEAD YOU TO NOTHING; IT WON’T FILL YOUR LIFE. WHILE ON EARTH THE LORD WILL FILL ALL OUR NEEDS IF WE WILL TRUST HIM BUT ABOVE ALL, GOD WILL FILL OUR LIFE WITH TRUE JOY AND HAPPINESS IF WE HUNGER FOR HIM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
DO YOU FEEL EMPTY TODAY? WELL, COME TO JESUS RIGHT NOW, HURRY!
Smile :)
Ptr Roger
