[Thursday's Devotional] Thirsting for God

Yesterday we thought a little on connecting with God. Today's Psalm picks up the same theme.

"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Where can I go and meet with God." Psalm 42:1-2 [NIV]

Does your soul thirst for God? These words convey a sense of intensity, desperation almost; a sense of striving with everything that we have, an intense desire to know God more and more and dwell in the knowledge of His presence more and more. What would our worship be like if we all had that approach?

Although all that we do is an act of worship to God, we might best start with our approach to the times we meet together with explicit intent to worship Him; on a Sunday morning.

Do we approach our Sunday worship thirsting for the Living God?

I wonder how often we are distracted by the burdens or difficulties or irritations of our lives to the extent that we don't focus on God at all. I wonder how often we end up focussing on personalities of leaders or style or the way in which things are done or what songs are sung rather than focussing on God. If we were truly thirsting for God would these things matter to us at all?

Take time today to reflect on how you approach the worship of the Lord our God. How can you focus more on God when you come to worship him?

Lord, grow in our hearts an ever increasing thirst for you.

Amen

Mike Iredale

Read the Bible in a year:  Psalm 42:1-6a, Deuteronomy 7:1-8:20, Luke 11:33-54