Craving for Righteousness

As I’ve processed this sermon, I realized that craving, or rather not having, is the root of recklessly giving oneself. When we are so desperate to have something, we start to put ourselves in situations that allow us to attain what we want, which forces us to give ourselves away.

In the case of craving righteousness, one is forced to put themselves in situations that equate to “right relatedness/relationships” such as serving and sacrifice, or in other words picking up ones cross and giving oneself away. When we want to foster a relationship with someone or something but are restricting ourselves from sacrificial servitude, we will never then fully receive the satisfaction we desperately desired from the beginning. Simply put, we are not taking the relationship seriously. Righteousness and right relationships (with God, others, ourselves, or the earth) go hand in hand; when the craving of righteousness is neglected, so is the foundation of any relationship.  

God is at work repairing the relationships of those who crave righteousness with a serving heart as they will experience satisfaction, and for that I am grateful. I pray He continues to reform our appetites to heal our earthly cravings for a craving for righteousness.