“The RoseBouquet”

Do I really want to be Holy?

Jesus is pronouncing blessed those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. His promise to these is that they will be filled. That makes it a good thing to be hungry and thirsty for righteousness. We’ll get it.

You may be hesitating; what exactly is righteousness?

Only God and His Son Jesus are totally righteous or holy, perfect. And, of course, the Holy Spirit who is in us if we’ve humbly received Jesus’ death on the cross as our substitute. He abides, or is in our spirit to help us be as righteous or holy as we want to be.

Therefore, the more we desire, or hunger and thirst for His perfection the more we’ll get.

How does that work, when we, I at least, always feel like I’m not measuring up, or constantly making new mistakes that I never thought to avoid?

There is that constant tension of the Tempter trying to thwart us from being holy. So we must continually desire holiness and cast ourselves upon the Lord, reckoning that He will keep His Word and give us the holiness of Jesus for each moment and crisis.

Sometimes we tell ourselves that because the struggle seems so un-ending, we must be losing the battle. That is just not so. Jesus guarantees here, in the Beatitudes that those who hunger and thirst for purity or righteousness shall be filled!

PRAYER: Thank You Jesus, for this guarantee that I shall be holy and pure and righteous, if I keep hungering and thirsting for it. Little by little You do make me more perfect; I just don’t always notice that I’ve learned to avoid certain sins, or keep my mind on right thoughts, or to care more about You and the glory of Your name than all my possessions, nor that I’m putting others first more often. So let me cry again, I thirst for Your righteousness!

+++++Jesus is my King+++++Jesus is my King+++++

Blessings on you Today!
Ruth Marlene Friesen

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