Verse of the Day 5/11

Psalm 42:1-2 (NLT)  As the deer longs for streams of water,
    so I long for you, O God.
² I thirst for God, the living God.
    When can I go and stand before him?

 

I've been reading through the Psalms and recently came to Psalm 42.  The thoughts of it and the song "As the Deer" came to mind and fit in well with yesterday's thoughts of worship from John 4.

 

As the deer pants for water

So my soul longeth after thee

You alone are my hearts desire

And I long to worship thee

 

You alone are my strength my shield

To you alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my hearts desire

And I long to worship thee.

 

The deer needs water daily and it returns to a familiar stream to fulfill its daily need.  Spiritually, are we like the deer described here or are we satisfied with a few moments on Sunday and a few other times during the week?  Do we long, do we thirst for God, for a word from Him?  Worshipping, seeing His glory is something we should long for and choose to do,  giving glory and honor to Him from a grateful heart.

 

In today's "Of First Importance" I read the following quote from Samuel Davies, "When I see your glory, O lovely Savior, I most cheerfully consent to the method of salvation revealed in the gospel, not only because I must—but because I choose to do so. I see it is a scheme well ordered in all things, and sure, and therefore it is all my salvation and all my desire. I would not only be saved—but I would be saved by you, blessed Jesus! I am willing, I am desirous, that you, and not I, should have the glory of it."

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Psalm 42  For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

¹ As the deer longs for streams of water,
    so I long for you, O God.
² I thirst for God, the living God.
    When can I go and stand before him?
³ Day and night I have only tears for food,
    while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
    "Where is this God of yours?"

⁴ My heart is breaking
    as I remember how it used to be:
I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
    leading a great procession to the house of God,
singing for joy and giving thanks
    amid the sound of a great celebration!

⁵ Why am I discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again—
    my Savior and ⁶ my God!

Now I am deeply discouraged,
    but I will remember you—
even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,
    from the land of Mount Mizar.
⁷ I hear the tumult of the raging seas
    as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
⁸ But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
    and through each night I sing his songs,
    praying to God who gives me life.