My Soul Thirsts

God, my soul thirsts for you!

Over the past couple of weeks, life has been crazy, and it has also been extremely busy. Maybe that is also the same for many of you out there. Although I am accustomed to burning the candle at both ends, a great danger for me is in losing intimate contact with God.

Instead of beseeching the Author of Life, for his celestial brilliance, mighty power, and unlimited resources, I end up short on ideas, out of energy, and with an increased recognition of my own finite abilities.

Ravi Zacharias once stated, “The biggest battle you will face in life, is your daily appointment with God; keep it, or every other battle will become bigger.” Although I have always concurred with his wise sentiment, living it out is a different matter.

However, I am thankful that long ago, God used the words of the Psalmist to remind us of what it is like to strenuously and ardently pursue God. He stated, “God, My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water” Psalm 63:1.

The Psalmist uses the imagery of a person in desperate need of water to convey the intensity of his desire for intimacy with God. When we are in desperate need of water, a dry and weary land is a difficult place to find it.

I have found it is essential to maintain intensity in my pursuit of God, if I am to live in close fellowship with my Creator. The greatest heights in this world are attainable, and the deepest valleys survivable, not because of anything to do with me, but because life is designed to be lived in close relationship with God.

Dear brother or sister in Christ, or friend along life’s journey, as we begin a new week, let us remember the words of the Psalmist, and like him, cry out, in the midst of opportunities, challenges, and the busyness of life, “God, my soul thirsts for you!”