Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
I am claiming this verse, this promise. Because I am so hungry and so thirsty that I know I will never be satisfied by this earth. And I have no delusion that my own work will make me righteous (granted I still struggle not to see my worth because of my works) but I know that I am far from righteous. This verse doesn't say that someday I will work my way to righteousness, it doesn't say that I might luck out and finally walk straight, it doesn't say that some day I will achieve righteousness. It says that my hunger and thirst will be filled. Suggesting that I will not be doing the filling. And that leaves the promiser: God. This is salvation, that He will fill my thirst for righteousness, regardless and despite my ability.
Some day, I will be righteous. And that is how God will view me through Christ, the righteous One who took my sin.
...He promises to fill up my thirst and hunger...no maybes, if, ands, or buts...that's a promise
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