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| Brother Scott showing off the Salmon |
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Day four on our Alaska Adventure we got to go to the
river and catch fresh salmon on the fish wheel. We never saw so many Salmon.
I recently saw a fishing cartoon that illustrated
something about expectations. Pictured were two Eskimos fishing through holes
in the ice. One of them had his line in a normal size hole maybe two or three
feet across. But the guy sitting next to him had his line in an enormous hole,
in the shape of a whale! This guy was hungry! He didn't want some dinky little
fish! He was fishing for whales!
What I like about this illustration is how appetite
creates expectation. What is our appetite for affecting the world around us for
the Lord's sake? How much do we hunger to change things in peoples' lives
through the gospel and through the ministry in Messiah? And how does that
affect our expectations? He said "Blessed are those who HUNGER AND THIRST
for righteousness."
How would you compare your hunger to your expectation? If
your hunger is great and genuine then it's likely that God will move you to
carve out a "whale-sized" hole in this icy world and expect a
corresponding catch!
Dear Lord, thank You for the lesson we can learn from a
cartoon. We pray that our hunger for the things of You would be “Whale” size.
In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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