Thirsting for God

Ps 42:2, 3b

As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God.

People want to be close to God. The only problem is where do they try to find God. Jesus says we are to love God with all that we are.  How many people have you asked who they are?  Not many of them will answer first with "Someone who thirst for God."

They will tell you what they do for a living. They will give you their politics. They may even say rich or poor; healthy or sick; where they live or if they are homeless. Too many times what we've accomplished or what we've got is who we are and that becomes what we worship. It becomes our God.

If we worry about a big house, a nice car, or what everyone else thinks then are we really loving God more than things.

This is our problem in the world. People long for God but are distracted by the world. So they try to satisfy that thirst for God with things.  Pretty soon things become our God. In these things we are never satisfied.

We long for God who satisfies that thirst in our soul.  We can only quench this thirst with God. Go to God daily in your prayers. This is where you find the living God and will be filled with the Spirit. You thirst will find streams of living water.

Prayer: 

Lord Jesus, Inspire us to thirst for you and only you, for you are love. May every action in our lives be inspired by this love in praise of you. Amen.