Hungering and Thirsting for Righteousness

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בסייד

"blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness , for will be filled." -matthew 5:6

Blessed in this context means 'happy', 'satisfied'.

There is the Jewish idea that those that fulfill mitzvot (righteous acts) will bring about deep spiritual happiness. In stricter Jewish terms, "mitzvah" refers to one of the 613 commandments in the Bible. My orthodox friend here in Israel was describing to me the fulfillment she finds in carrying out the commandments of the Torah and Talmud. Some example of mitzvot are more physical like giving to the poor, and some are more spiritual such as having no other gods before Adonai, our God.

When I read again Jesus' teaching : "blessed are those...for they will be filled" , I see that he had this framework in mind: doing good deeds is what we as human beings were made to do. The author of the book of Hebrews emulates this idea to those believers in the Mashiach (Messiah of Israel): "spur one another on towards love and good deeds" (10:24). Happiness and good deeds go hand and hand.

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This song my friend posted on her facebook has to do with hungering and thirsting after the Living God, who is our sole source of righteousness.