"FOR YE SHALL BE FILLED." This is our Lord's promise. But our Lord speaks of spiritual hunger. The carnal appetite is satisfied with carnal things; but a Christian can only be satisfied with spiritual things. When led of God's Spirit, he hungers for an interest in Christ and for righteousness wrought in him by the Spirit, and given to him by Jesus and to be conformed to the image of Christ. He longs to know Him intimately, experientially, and practically; to enjoy God as his portion; and that Christ may be magnified in him by life or by death. His appetite is fixed on its object; no substitute will satisfy: it is only as he feeds upon Christ that he enjoys satisfaction. Beloved, how is it with you this morning? Are you hungering for Jesus? He filleth the hungry with good things: He pronounces them blessed. They are blessed with spiritual life; with an interest in the things for which they hunger; and with the operations of the Holy Spirit. None but God can produce this hunger, and only God can satisfy it: and He will, for He has said, "They shall be filled." This is plain, positive, unconditional, and certain. Believe and be happy.

For Meditation:
Blest are the souls that long for grace,
Hunger and thirst for righteousness;
They shall be well supplied, and fed
With heavenly streams and living bread:
O may my hungry soul receive
The food on which God's people live.