Thirsty for God
Image via Wikipedia 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 42:1-2 Loving Jesus , there’s no craving more demanding than thirst . It’s neither patient nor polite. When we get thirsty, we’re usually quick to slake its unrelenting demand, one way or another. Thirst will not be denied. We’ll do almost anything to satisfy our thirst. Because this is true, we join the Psalmist in crying out, “Jesus, intensify our thirst for you . Keep us panting like the deer which pants after streams of water—the unpolluted, undistilled, never-ending brooks of your bounty. Quickly drain the broken-cisterns of our own making. Don’t let us be even momentarily satisfied with any other beverage than the draft you draw, the potion you pour, the life-giving libation you alone can give. If we take up King David ’s lament, “When can I go and meet with God?”, you answer back,