Thirst for Righteousness

Jeremiah 2:4-13   God, the Living Water

John 7:14-31, 37-39   Drink of Jesus, the Messiah

I was watching the film “There Will Be Blood” and the main character is concerned with one thing:  Oil.  Finding it.  Retrieving it.  Beating other “oilmen” to it.  He adopts a son, the son goes deaf and he sends him away.  He struggles throughout his life to  deny all things but the search for oil importance.  And he succeeds.  He succeeds so fully that there is no question in anyone’s mind - including his son’s - that he is concerned with only that one aspect of life.

This is how we live without God.  Our spirits are left unfulfilled and thirst, as the beatitude says, for righteousness.  Jesus calls us to drink of God’s righteousness, to have our souls drink of the love and grace of God and to thirst no more.

Okay great, what does that mean?  How do we do that?

Perhaps we don’t focus solely on ourselves?  Perhaps we get together with people and share stories and have a meal together?  Perhaps we help people who can’t help themselves?  Perhaps we pray?  Perhaps we think introspectively about our spiritual well-being?  Perhaps we try to be better people every day in every way that we can?

~ by djones58 on February 28, 2008.