Tuesday Devo
Scripture Reading:
Luke 6:21, 25
21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.
21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.
Commentary from the ESV Study Bible:
6:21 In a way similar to v. 20, you who are hungry refers to those among Jesus’ disciples who are physically hungry and also hungry for God’s help and presence. (Cf. Matt. 5:6, “who hunger and thirst for righteousness.”) Now implies that the hunger will not last forever, for you shall be satisfied. God will supply their needs, first with his abundant presence in this life (Ps. 107:9), and then also with meeting their physical needs, perhaps quickly in this age (Matt. 25:35–40; Mark 10:30; James 2:15–17; 1 John 3:17–18), but certainly in the abundance of the age to come (Luke 13:29).
6:25 Woe to you who are full now continues describing the rich, who have no worldly cares but are not rich in faith (cf. 1:53; James 5:1).
6:25 Woe to you who are full now continues describing the rich, who have no worldly cares but are not rich in faith (cf. 1:53; James 5:1).
Study Questions:
- Next Jesus references the "hungry" and the "full". Matthew phrases it, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness." This one is related to the first. Blessed are those who have an intense, deep longing for acceptance from God. They crave righteousness in their own lives. But WOE to those who are satisfied. These are the people that imagine that they have everything they need and lack nothing. This one is easy for those of us in the western world to mess up. What is it about our culture and lifestyles that might make it difficult to stay spiritually hungry?
- Have you ever been hungry? I mean, REALLY hungry? Imagine what it might look/feel like to be spiritually hungry. Hungry for righteousness, for God's presence in your life. The blessing of the spiritually hungry is that they shall be satisfied. The word for satisfied literally refers to fattening animals, which will eat until they cannot eat any more. Those who truly hunger for righteousness will be fully satisfied. Psalm 34:10 promises that “they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.” Psalm 23 says, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”. In Jeremiah 31:14 God declares, “My people will be satisfied with My goodness”. Spend some time today and ask God to keep you hungry for more of him and to satisfy you with his goodness.
Pray:
- That you would learn how to stay hungry for more of God despite our culture.
- That you would be satisfied only with the things of God.
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