Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied! (Matt 5:6 AMP)
A disciples who hungers and thirsts after righteousness will always put the Lord first in their life:
“But seek ([a]aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness ([b]His way of doing and being right), and then all these things [c]taken together will be given you besides.” (Matt 6:33)
As well a disciple who hungers and thirsts after righteousness will always study diligently from God’s will so that they may know how to live a life of righteousness:
“BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.” ( Psalm 1:1,2)
“The [reverent] fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even than much fine gold; they are sweeter also than honey and drippings from the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:9-10)
“Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.” (2 Tim 2:15)
“But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God”. (Matt 4:4)
What is the hunger of your heart today? Is it the things of the world or the things of the Kingdom? Do you strive for mans approval or do you only seek to please the Father, even at the cost of men hating you?
It is time that we stop playing church and become the church that Jesus died for and will soon return for. Our hearts must be committed 100% to serving the Lord. This can be done while being married, having children and holding a full-time job – it is a matter of allowing Holy Spirit to lead ones life. God the Father is fully capable of balancing ones life, if one will fully trust Him to do such.
There is much discipline in a disciples life but the greatest of all is faith!
One should have faith in the Lord’s ability to keep our lives eternally and in such knowing that our lives are not our own – it should be a easy task of placing our lives into the care of the Lord Himself! Yet until we die to self this is not always an easy task.
What does your heart thirst and hunger for today – for it will be motivated to feed on that which it desires –The world or the Lord?
Ask Holy Spirit to search you and see if there be anything that needs to be brought to the alter and put to death and while your at it, ask Him to lead you into the place of desperate hunger and thirst for things of the Lord!
Radical Disciples - A Remnant Revolution 