The Full Meal Deal

Here’s a scene that many of us know very well. It’s around noon on Thanksgiving Day, and we’re eating our turkey, dressing, and pumpkin pie. We get to that point where we decline any more
food because, instead of the turkey, we’re the ones who are stuffed. We put up our hand to our host and assuredly say, “I’m so full I probably won’t eat again until tomorrow.” But some of the leftovers often remain on the table during the afternoon, and before you know it you are grazing again. A few hours later you devour a turkey sandwich and just one more “small” piece of pie
with whipped topping. We’re reminded here that when we eat, we’re only temporarily full. Jesus shares with us how we can permanently be filled in a spiritual sense with him: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Mt 5:6). In the context of this verse, to hunger means to have a starving spirit. It is having a desperate hunger for the things of God. It’s saying, “If I don’t have it, I can’t make it.” It indicates a deep hunger for all of righteousness and for all of what Christ has to offer, not just little tidbits. Are you hungry enough for the full meal deal?