Encouragement: thirst for God

Here is your daily encouragement words and thoughts. Today I bring you encouragement from Psalm 42:1-8

42:1 For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites.
As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God!
2 I thirst for God,
for the living God.
I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night;
all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
4 I will remember and weep!
For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,
shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
5 Why are you depressed, O my soul?
Why are you upset?
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.
6 I am depressed,
so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,
from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls;
all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
8 By day the Lord decrees his loyal love,
and by night he gives me a song,
a prayer to the living God.



Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Ps 42:1-8). Biblical Studies Press.


This world can be a challenging place to reside. I have on many occasions, had people express doubts of the God I serve. "Where is He? How did he let that happen? Sure does not look like God is very good, based on looking at you!" But by day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

Our psalm writer talks of the longing we all have for the Lord to be close to us. We have a thirst for Him. We want Him to be there with us always. He has promised to never leave us or forsake us. But in our walk we often feel left out alone. We long for God and want to be in his presence. We reflect back to our mountain top experience with God back to the start of our journey with God. But now that seems so far away we weep. Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset?

In all this the psalm writer tell us to wait on God as God will come through.

Amen

Music Encouragement "My Eyes Are On You, O Lord"