Thirsting for God

It is raining outside right now.  We haven't had much rain this summer so it is very welcomed.  The rain will help the potato crops and other things that require water.  Things have been rather dry around where I live.  I took some photographs down by the river that flows though the town where I live.  I could see rocks sticking up out of the water which meant the river was really low.

Sometimes droughts come to the lands in which we live and the ground begs for water, but none comes for a season.  Spiritual droughts come to us as well.  We uses to be so fruitful and full of joy and love for the Lord then something happened.  We don't feel as on fire as we once did.  Sometimes we drift away from God for one reason or another.  The drift was so gradual maybe we didn't even notice right away until we had traveled really far from the Lord.

No matter how far we have drifted and no matter how dry we feel we can always come to the Lord for a time of refreshing.  When we drift away from the Lord we are only one step away from Him.  We need to repent and confess of our drifting or our dryness and He will help us.

We need to make spending time with the Lord and reading His Word, the Bible, a top priority in our lives.  When we fail to do that we become dry like a land that has no water.  May we earnestly seek the Lord and thirst for Him only.  There are many things that we turn to in life to dry to quench our thirst, but only the Lord can fully satisfy that deep longing in our souls.

Psalm 63 (NKJV)

1 A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; Early

will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 

                                                                           

2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

9 But those who seek my life, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 They shall fall by the sword; They shall be a portion for jackals.

11 But the king shall rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him shall glory; But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped. 

We all feel dry at times spiritually.  Sometimes we get busy doing our same old routine and we take our eyes off of the Lord.  We may feel far away from Him, but in actuality He is close beside us.  He is only one step away from us.  All we have to do is to take that step toward Him.  

We believers in Jesus Christ have the Holy Spirit dwelling with in us and we are sealed for the day of redemption.  The Holy Spirit is working in us to make us more like Christ.  We need to submit to His lead and His direction and His timing.

We live in a fast paced world and we want things done fast, but God's timing is not our timing and we need to wait on the Lord.  The Lord is the One that is in control.  God is the One with the vision for our lives and He knows exactly what He is doing.  We are His servants and our job is to love the Lord with all of our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls and we are to love others as He so greatly loves us.

When we are in a spiritual dry spot our witness is affected.  We need a fresh rain of the Holy Spirit and we need to sense His presence in our lives in a powerful way.  Sometimes the Lord uses those times when we feel dry to get our attention and draw us back to Him.

Let's go to the Lord in prayer and receive the Living Water that He promises us that we may no longer be thirsty. 

Lord,

The Body of Christ is thirsty for You and Your Word.

Send us a fresh faith in You and a fresh power of the Holy Spirit.

Lord live through Your Church and make we believers Your vessels to do Your will.

Reach the lost and lonely and those in need through Your Church.

Forgive us for drifting away and becoming dry.

Forgive me O Lord for being dry and ineffective at times.

I am weak and I fail a lot O Lord.

I get so very dry and I sorry.

Revive me O Lord by Your Holy Spirit.

Empower me to live for You.

May You receive all the Glory, Honor, and Praise.

Thank You Lord my God.

In Jesus Name I pray,

Amen.