Read this first: https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2063&version=NIV
You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
Do you thirst for God? No really do you thirst after Him? Do you want to spend time with him? Do you desire a stronger relationship and get up just to dig into His word? For me my answer is too often no. I think of him like a friend I take for granted because I know He’s there. He’s always there. It’s easy to take consistency for granted. When we first started doing online worship viewcount and numbers were up lots of positive thoughts and emails shared- now it’s not doing it for folks- it’s become old hat.
What would change that? I honestly don’t know. I find that this is helpful- sitting and writing and reading, but even that isn’t giving me the joys it once did. I do think a community of believers is huge in making me want to know God more.
Yet the psalmist says:
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Food should make us praise God- that’s when we pray. I feel like food has tasted better since the pandemic hit. Now that I make it all myself I’m more grateful for it. I am very satisfied with life right now. There are things in the future that concern me, but right now things are fine. Why isn’t that enough for me to want more time with God and to grow in Him? I don’t know the answer. But I do know that digging into His word and looking for Him is going to help and that walking away won’t.
Prayer also helps- I ask God to help you and me to thirst for Him. God be our desire. Amen!
Marking It Up 