I am a Jesus pusher!!! “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled,” (Matthew 5:6). Jeremiah prophesied to Israel concerning the future Kingdom, “I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.” (Jeremiah 31:14). The revelation of Jesus to the woman at the well in Sychar was astounding. Contrasting the reoccurring thirst from the well water, Jesus said, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14). After the miracle of feeding five thousand men plus women and children, Jesus proposed, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst,” (John 6:35). This same factor was witnessed by John and reported by him in the Book of Revelation. He said, “They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters” (Revelation 7:16-17).
We are able to proclaim with boldness a complete satisfaction in all realms of life in Jesus’ embrace. Surely this is the intent of Jesus in this Beatitude. The helpless will know the all-surpassing strength of Jesus’ embrace and become the Kingdom. In the infusion of His person, I become the new creation of the Kingdom of God; it is a place of satisfaction. I “hunger and thirst” for Him and I am “filled.” I am a Jesus pusher!!!