Pursuing righteousness is more than a brain test of discipline, it is heart deep. What is it like to continually thirst for righteousness? What is it like to thirst for God? What is it like to come to God and drink? I love the metaphor – hunger and thirst. Imagine a hot day and you were without water for sometime, you were so thirsty and how that cold glass of water felt when you drank it? God’s word is like this cold glass of water for those who’s heart deep desire is to “pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart”.
Matthew 5:6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied
Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God
Isaiah 55:1
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant
John 7:37
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water
2Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels