Todays Scripture As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. Psalm 42:1-2 NLT Thoughts for Today In todays scripture, the psalmist expresses his longing, his thirst, for God. This is passion! Paul said, Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him (Psalm 42:1-2 NLT). This is passion! Passion comes from intimacy with God. This intimacy is a love relationship, a communication and a communing with God that flows mutually from Gods heart to man and from man to the heart of God. It is where the heart meets God. Consider this … Is your level of intimacy with God where you want it to be? Perhaps we should never be satisfied. Like the psalmist, may we continue to long for more of Him. To thirst for Him. Growing in intimacy involves this longing. It involves spending quality quiet time with Him, worshipping Him, listening to Him, loving Him, and opening our heart to His love. It involves putting Him first in our lives. It involves prayerfully seeking to know Him better through His Word. We dont have to be a perfect Christian (there arent any!) or a pastor or some great teacher. We just have to be thirsty. Are you thirsty?
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:00:00 +0000