Matthew 5:6--Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Have you ever noticed that when you think about a thick, juicy cheeseburger, fries and a coke that all of a sudden you just gotta have one? What happens when you get a Snickers from the snack machine? Not the first one of you starts walking to the snack machine and closes you eyes before you get there. Not one of you BLINDLY put money in there and then fumbles with the selection buttons and takes a gamble on what might come out. No, sir. You started craving for chocolate in your mind. That craving increased and increased until feet started stumbling uncontrollably towards the machine. Then as your hands began to sweat and tremble, you fumbled with the change until you put more in the machine just in case the price went up before you made your choice. Well......something like that happened.
Oh, dare we speak of your dating days. When all week long you acted like a sick little puppy, longing for even just a glimpse of your loved one. When the night came, your hands fidgeted with your hair, your clothes and/or your make-up to be sure that you were just so. All because you meditated and your meditation created a hunger and thirst. Man, what an intro to a teaching session!
If it is true that our thoughts guide our emotions (good and/or bad), and that our emotions create actions (good and/or bad), then why do we waste time thinking about things that are bad for us? Thoughts might force their way into our minds, but it is us that either entertains or dismisses them. Too much of the time, our thoughts are more about "What if this bad thing will happen? What will I say back to him/her? How hard am I going to slap him/her?" than it is the Word of God.
God's Word deals with the blessings of a Faithful God being poured out in abundance upon the children that He loves unreservedly. If that is true, then where do all the bad thoughts come from. They come from FEAR. Fear stands for False Evidence Appearing Real. If satan, the serpent, can get you to meditate on something that does not line up with the Word of God, he knows that you will start hungering for it. Meditation brings hunger and desire. Our thought processes bring desires for success or failure. Listen to what the greatest soul winner other than Jesus Christ once wrote. Phil 4:8--Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.
Paul knew that meditation brought hunger and hungering for the things of God brought blessings and happiness to him even when things went wrong. Read through Hebrews 11 and you will find many of our faith heroes. Reading their stories in the Word of God you will find out the challenges that they went through. They would have never won their battles had they meditated and desired to be defeated. Meditation on the Word of God instead of what it looks like brings forth the desire and hunger for Godly things inside of you. As you continue to meditate and your hunger grows, you will find yourself moving towards the blessings and the glory of God instead of moping around in your problems.
Be blessed in your hunger.
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