He fills the hungry

He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty. – Luke 1.53

‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled.’ Long before Jesus spoke these words His mother used them to describe the God she worshipped as the One who fills the hungry with good things.

It is an interesting verse. It is obvious that God does not force feed anyone. He feeds the hungry but turns away the rich empty. The baby Mary is carrying at this point will one day teach how difficult it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven.

Tragically the rich far too often are so dependent on their own resources and full of their own efforts that they don’t even realise that they are hungry. They tend to miss out on God because they don’t even know they need Him.

But praise God He fills the hungry with good things. Praise Him that when we finally realise our spiritual needs He will fill us.

Let’s get our appetites sorted. If we hunger after the earthly things we will never be satisfied. If we hunger after righteousness He will fill us.