The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Psalm 42:1-2,
“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. When can I go and meet with God?”
Psalm 42, which is the first psalm in Book II of Psalms (Did you know that the 150 psalms are arranged in 5 books of psalms?) is written by “the Sons of Korah”. Here is a beautiful metaphor of the longing of the human heart for his Creator!
The picture here to me is that of a deer that is desperate to quench its thirst. A deer that is possibly exhausted, running from danger, a wonderer in the wasteland, overwrought and needy looks for relief and refreshment. Just as a panting deer finds it in a cool stream of water, so the psalmist looks for escape from a spiritual thirst, from being parched of the refreshment that his creator provides. Just as a thirsty deer has a desperate desire for that cool drink, so the psalmist has a desperate desire for a life-giving encounter with the source of life!
I certainly have the impression that the one who penned these words had a previous encounter of spiritual refreshment with his Creator! An encounter not easily forgotten and one that would drive anyone who thirsted for spiritual refreshment back for more! I believe our encounters with God are like that. When we draw near to God, he draws near to us. As time goes by and we don’t find ourselves there, we again recall the wonderful quenching spiritual refreshment being close to the Lord provided for us and it brings a longing in our hearts to return. “As a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.”
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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