To BE Attitudes: Blessed ARE the Hungry and Thirsty...

Matthew 5:6. Nowadays, there are many hungry people out there, some are hungry for food and others for power, some for recognition and others for pleasure, etc. It's amazing Jesus' perspective about hunger, usually when we think about hunger we always link it with food, but here Jesus is linking hunger with righteousness. First, let's "try" define righteousness: Integrity, equity, justice, straightness, uprightness, etc. I found this at Wikipedia and i think it's very interesting: The biblical definition of righteousness involves the inherent quality of God. God is right because He is righteous, therefore God can only act righteously. In one instance the word means being right; in another it is used to mean doing right; in still another case it means putting right. It's impossible for God to act unrighteously (unjustly), for doing so, He would be denying Himself. How can we attain righteousness? Paul explains that it is only possible trough faith in Christ: Philippians 3:9. We can only be righteous IN Christ who is the righteousness of God: 2 Corinthians 5:21. About being hungry and thirsty, Jesus said this: John 6:35; John 4:13-14. So, to hunger and thirst for righteousness means to hunger and thirst for Jesus Christ, the Righteousness of God.