The beatitudes, some of my favorite scriptures. They’re poetic, beautiful and pretty straight forward. One of the reasons I have such a connection to these scriptures is they sum up the very essence of Christianity. But for some, they have difficulty understanding the meaning or what Jesus was saying. Hopefully, I help you see things a little differently. With that said, let’s take a look at the scripture;

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Matthew 5:6

To understand the scripture we must first understand the meaning of righteousness. And the simplest way to explain righteousness is someone who has integrity. They’re honest, have morals, good, decent, fair, respectable, blameless, faithful, devoted and believes in doing what is right.

When we “hunger” after righteousness it means we crave it. Every fiber of our very being seeks to do what is right in God’s eyes and we can’t get enough of it. And when we “thirst” after righteousness just means we have a desire to “quench” that yearning within us through Christ’s teachings. So if you replace the words hunger, thirst and righteousness in your scripture it would look something like this;

Blessed are they which crave and yearn after integrity: for they shall be filled.

Hopefully, this is a little easier to digest and helps explain the meaning in a way we can all understand.