- Consider a time when you were extremely thirsty. What emotions and desires did that stir within you? How did you alleviate that intense thirst?
- Why do you think Jesus uses the imagery of hungering and thirsting in this beatitude rather than, say, the imagery of seeking, pursuing, or acquiring? What does this imagery convey?
- Why is a hunger and thirst for righteousness just as important as physical hunger and thirst? What practices, or neglect of practices, often lead to a lukewarm spiritual appetite in your life?
- Read Ex 33:18, Ps 63:1 and Phil 3:10. What can we learn from the lives of Moses, David, and Paul about hungering and thirsting for righteousness?
- From Jer 15:16, Matt 19:16-22, Isa 26:9 and 1 Pet 2:2, what characterizes the life of one who hungers and thirsts for righteousness? What other Scriptures can you think of that relate to this?
- From Matt 6:31-22 and Ps 34:10, what is the result of hungering and thirsting after righteousness? How does the promise of satisfaction motivate you to pursue righteousness in a world that is often at odds with our pursuit? How might your pursuit of righteousness be a catalyst for conversations about faith?
