Be Still and Know Daily Bible Devotion - October 23rd - Matthew 5:6
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Be Still and Know Daily Bible Devotion - October 23rd - Matthew 5:6

B1IntermediateOctober 23, 20262 min
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Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. I wonder when you last felt painfully hungry or thirsty. I suspect for most of us that if it has ever happened, it is a distant memory. However, it is likely that Jesus’ hearers would have been very familiar with both. Harvests could be good or bad, and it was impossible to achieve a reliable flow of food. Additionally, in a hot country, people would often have felt desperately thirsty, and finding a good supply of clean water would never have been easy. Jesus wanted Hi...

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Matthew chapter 5 verse 6. Jesus said,

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Welcome to Be Still and Know, I'm Jonathan Edwards. This is our opportunity to hear what God is saying to us today. Matthew chapter 5 verse 6. Jesus said, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. I suspect for most of us that if it's ever happened, it's a distant memory.

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However, it's likely that Jesus' hearers would have been very familiar with both. Harvest could be good or bad and it was impossible to achieve a regular flow of food. Additionally, in a hot country people had often felt desperately thirsty and finding a good supply of clean water would never have been easy.

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Jesus wanted his followers to have just this kind of desperate longing for God's will to be done in the world. Christianity suffers desperately for those who give it merely polite agreement. They live respectable and considerate lives and consider that Christian faith is generally a very good thing.

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