Happiness Guarantee

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

 for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5:6

The Bible talks a lot about being hungry and thirsty but not for food and drink. It says we are to crave a God following life.  

I saw a T-shirt that said, “Honey, hush about your diet. Just eat your lettuce and be sad.” And after I laughed I thought that there are many Christians on a diet from righteousness. They just go through life trying to fill themselves with anything but Christ. And they come away still hungry and sad.

Jesus said that if you want to be happy and satisfied with your life then earnestly and desperately seek righteousness. Righteousness here means right living that is God approved.

What kind of life gets Gods approval?

1.    A forgiven life – Romans 4:7 Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.

2.    A transformed life – Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

3.    A gospel giving life – 1 Thes. 2:4 But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

4.    A hopeful, patient, and prayerful life – Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

5.    A loving life – Ephesians 5:1 Be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us.

6.    A Bible studying life - 2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 

Just as our body craves food and water for physical survival we are to crave God approved right living for spiritual survival.

I don’t want to just sit there and eat my lettuce and be sad. And I don’t want to just sit there and try to make it without Christ and be sad. I want to be one of the righteous ones. I want to be one of the approved ones.

God wants people who hunger and thirst for righteousness.

God likes these kinds of people.

 He approves of their lifestyle.

He gives His favor and blessings to them.

 And they are happy and satisfied.

This comes with His happiness guarantee.