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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (Matthew 5:6)
Today we live in a society that’s all about gratifying the individual. It’s an “all about me” world. The world is teaching us to look out for number one and these days number one is not God. Number one has become me. One look at the company Apple and we can see how much we have bought into this little idea. Have you heard of the iPhone, iTouch, and iPad. These are just a few of the products Apple has to offer. I’m not saying the products in and of themselves are bad. (In fact, we own a couple.) I just want us to look at the name. Every name starts with “I”.
It’s important that we understand the attitude of this world and that we learn to overcome it. In fact, Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount to help us see what our lives should like. There is nothing in there that talks about what this world can do for me. A lot of it does have to do with me, but it begins with me changing. It begins with me embracing the Truth of God and allowing it to shape me. It begins with me saying, “Okay, even if I want to shake the other person and help them understand that they can’t do certain things… I can’t! I can only work on me!”
