"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (Matthews 5;6)
The first step on the way to true blessedness is hunger. We must be hungry and thirsty for spiritual blessings. We must be hungry to know the Truth. We must be thirsty to know more about our Creator. If you are hungry you’ll search for it. If you are thirsty you’ll endeavor for it. And when you are really hungry to something and keep trying for it, ultimately you’ll find it.
The Bible tells us that there are many things for which we have to be hungry and thirsty. In the book of Psalms the sons of Kora declare that they are thirst of God Himself. They want to know God, see God and listen to His voice and fellowship with Him. That is the first thing we have to do. We must be thirsty for God. So many people don't care, they think of God or do search for Him. It is a sin not to be thirsty for God. If you are thirsty for God you’ll search for Him diligently and ultimately find Him.
In fact the members of the fallen, Adamic and sinful human beings can never find God out just by searching. Finding God was made possible when Jesus died on Cross for Adam’s children. Jesus paid the price for the forgiveness of all our sins. Because of what Christ has done on the Cross we can now search for God, find Him and make peace with Him through the blood of Christ.
Secondly, after finding God we must be thirsty to be filled with His power. If we want to be filled with the power of God we must be filled with the Spirit of God. So, we must be thirsty to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit. In John 7:37,38 Jesus said “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him”. Jesus was talking about the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit.
Then we must be hungry for the Word of God too. We must also be hungry to become righteous. We must not be satisfied with our life which are full of stumbling and shortcomings. We must have the desire to grow in holiness and righteousness. Jesus promises in the present text that those who are really hungry and thirsty for righteousness will sure be satisfied! This is the promise of God – “if you are really desirous of becoming holy, no matter how weak you are and no matter how many times you are falling some day in near future you will become holy”. You’ll be satisfied if you are not hungry for spiritual issues. You’ll be dissatisfied in this life and in the life to come. May God give you the wisdom to be thirst for the right things. God bless you!
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Bakht Singh (1903 - 2000)
He is often regarded as one of the most well-known bible teachers and preachers and pioneers of the Indian Church movements. He was India's foremost evangelist, preacher and indigenous church planter who founded churches based on New Testament principles. He began a worldwide indigenous church-planting movement in India that eventually saw more than 10,000 local churches. Norman Grubb missionary statesman, author and teacher: "In all my missionary experience I think these churches on their New Testament foundations are the nearest I have seen to a replica of the early church and a pattern for the birth and growth of the young churches in all the countries which we used to talk about as mission fields."Life of prayer. Brother Bakht Singh was a man of prayer. He spent hours upon his knees in communion with the Lord seeking the Lord's mind regarding His will concerning the work and ministry. Therefore, the Lord also honored him and blessed him beyond any human understanding. This is one of the reasons why the Lord has used him so mightily for the edification of His Body and for the extension of His glorious kingdom both in India and abroad.