MEMORISE: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6
BIBLE READING: Psalms 42:1-8
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
MESSAGE:
Today’s memory verse tells us that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled. When a person who is stranded in a desert sees water, he or she will rush to drink it to his or her fil. Similarly, when a person who has not eaten for days finally gets food to eat, such a person will eat until he or she is filled. This is how God wants us to thirst and hunger for righteousness.
My dear child, when you hunger and thirst for righteousness, you will stay away from sinful pleasures. You will also stay away from anything that will dishonour God. Also, if you have friends who refuse to repent from their sins, you will distance yourself from them so that they won’t lure you into sin. If you follow anyone on social media whose content causes you to sin, you will unfollow and block him or her.
Beloved, anything that will make you lose your appetite righteousness can hinder you from entering God’s Kingdom. Therefore, avoid such things.
REFLECTION:
How hungry or thirsty are you for God?
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Luke 1:1-23, Deuteronomy 31-32