Examples of the Righteous Who

Continued 👇🏾 ✍🏾Examples of the Righteous Who Hungered and Thirsted for God We have many saints who labored for righteousness: prophets, apostles, fathers, martyrs, and righteous men of every generation. Yet above all, our Lord Himself became the model of perfect righteousness during His life in the flesh. ✍🏾 Our Father Abraham  the first to seek God with unwavering faith. Scripture says, “He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). 👉🏾 Saint Paul teaches, “If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness” (Rom. 4:1–3). 👉🏾 And again: “Know therefore that those who are of faith are the children of Abraham. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and proclaimed the good news to Abraham, saying, ‘In you all nations shall be blessed.’ So then, those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham the faithful” (Gal. 3:6–9). ✍🏾 The Epistle to the Hebrews explains it beautifully: “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, not knowing where he was going. By faith he lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise. For he looked for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. By faith Sarah herself received strength to conceive, even though she was past age, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. And from one man, as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand on the seashore” (Heb. 11:8–12). ✍🏾The Holy David The holy David, the man after God’s own heart, spoke often of his thirst for righteousness. Saint Ephraim, in the Hymn of the Blessed Virgin Mary, recalls an event that revealed the depth of David’s virtue. When David was besieged by his enemies, he longed to drink water from the well of Bethlehem. Three of his mighty men broke through the enemy lines, risked their lives, and brought him that water. But when David saw the danger they had faced for his sake, he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out before the Lord, saying, “Is it not the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” (2 Sam. 23:15–17; 1 Chr. 11:17–19). ✍🏾 By choosing righteousness over his own thirst, David showed humility, love, and reverence for the lives of his soldiers. He refused to satisfy his earthly desire at the cost of their blood. This act was counted to him as righteousness forever. 👉🏾The wise interpret this moment as a foreshadowing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, out of divine righteousness and love, poured out His own blood for the salvation of humankind. Part 18 Continues ... May the name of the Holy God be praised forever and ever in every tongue that He has created, today and always. May the blessings of God's mother, the virgin, and the cross be upon us. Amen. © John's Repentance Reach out to us on our social media platforms and share it with your friends:https://linktr.ee/johnsrepentance