Part of being blessed in Christ is the promise of being satisfied. This spiritual satisfaction is defined by the promise of being filled. Imagine overflowing with even oozing with the purity of Almighty God, with not an ounce of sin remaining. Filled to overflowing with living waters which are tapped and allowed to run free forever.
The words of Christ here reflect upon those blessings only found in the economy of heaven (Kingdom of God) which provides a place for every soul brought to salvation. The poor in spirit, the meek, those who mourn, and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are al blessed in Christ. For every Christian the place prepared for us from the foundation of the world is prefect in its provision.
Children who have little understanding of God’s greatness, the world, or the consequences of sin, will receive the blessings of knowing God, the sick and lame will be healed, the faithful in Christ will enter and possess a reward which is more than we can know in this life, and our physical needs will be met to the fullest extent imaginable. David recognized this as he wrote:
Psalm 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:
My soul thirsteth for thee,
My flesh longeth for thee
In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory,
So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live:
I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed,
And meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee:
Thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword:
They shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
Every one that sweareth by him shall glory:
But the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Our great blessings and reward is found in Christ, in the righteousness which has taken us from the sufferings of this life, into the incomparable glory of the Creator (Romans 8:18). But more than this, the fullness of righteousness will be demonstrated, delivered to us as his children, and the blessings of heaven will be ours as the struggle against sin and death is removed from us in glory, and our constant focus will be upon glorifying God.
Elder Matthew Davis
