The fourth beatitude gives us our direction for this week: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” The Message puts it this way: “You're blessed when you've worked up a good appetite for God. He's food and drink in the best meal you'll ever eat.” The readings this week are selected to resonate with this idea: We need not feel guilty when we feel like we lack who and what God would have us be. This thirst and hunger actually puts us in a place where we’re able to be filled.
How can you acknowledge your life in ways that allows for you to rely more upon God and his power rather than your own? How do you see this in the life and example of Christ?
Pray to God each day, asking that this time you’re spending only before him would help you live for and through Christ. If you’ve committed to reading the whole Sermon on the Mount for a given number of days/times each week, be sure to do so.
Monday, July 11 - Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
Tuesday, July 12 - Matthew 5:3-12, Psalm 23
Wednesday, July 13 - Matthew 5:3-12, John 6
Thursday, July 14 - Matthew 5:3-12, Isaiah 55
Friday, July 15 - Matthew 5:3-12, Psalm 42
Saturday, July 16 - Matthew 5:3-12, John 2:1-11
Sunday, July 17 - Come to worship with your church community!
