“Hunger after righteousness”

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6

Verse Reflections:  Imagine for a moment that the doing the right thing fills your body up.  We can feel a full, satisfied, happy feeling when we choose God’s plan for your life.  The B-attitudes make up one of the most commonly quoted sections of the Bible and yet I’ve never noticed that any of them can address my food issues.  God is telling me that I will be full if I hunger and thirst after His foods, the right-ness of eating.  I will be blessed if I eat the right foods, God foods.  I will admit that my cravings have truly disappeared just from not eating too much sugar and carbohydrates.  So when I hunger after God foods, I am filled, I am full just as this verse promises.  There is a big lesson to be learned for me in this verse.  Ironically, when I eat sugar and carbohydrates, I am never full.  The foods that the world makes trick my body into thinking I am still hungry.  This verse is correct.  When I eat the right foods, God foods, I actually feel full.

Prayer:  Father, I come to you in prayer this morning asking for the power to crave righteousness.  I know this verse goes way beyond foods but today, I need to take it in the context of my issues.  I need to hunger after Your righteousness, the right ways of eating.  I know it is a vicious cycle for me if I eat sugar and carbohydrates, I am never full.  And it can also be a wonderful cycle for me when I eat God foods, all my cravings disappear physically.  So I need You to control my mind, my spirit.  We are getting into a healthy cycle and my cravings have disappeared but then on occasion my mind takes over.  Protect me from years of mind cravings.  Keep me full as this verse promises as I eat right.  I love that You created one of Your B-attitudes just for my issues.