Thirsty

“God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.  I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.” ~Psalm 63:1

David who wrote this psalm while he was in the wilderness.  Isolated and thirsty He leaned on God to provide for Him.  David learned it was God who was the one who could really satisfy his needs in such a harsh environment.  David eagerly sought after God because he absolutely had to, his life depended on it.  In the desert wilderness David learned to depend on God day after day, hour after hour, minute by minute.  Because of this David could pen this psalm and mean it.  

 This verse has special meaning to me.  I was in Kuwait in the summer of 1996 and I found myself away from my family, away from my country, away from my comfort and dependent on God.  This verse helped me through the four months I was there.  We named the place Desert U and once you attended you where never the same.  It was here God became very real to me. I had to depend on Him every day for even the basic of needs.  Here I grew in the Lord.  I heard His call to the ministry and he used me to minister to others. 

 I look around me now and I am surrounded by comforts.  I have all I need and I am far from a wilderness, yet I find myself thirsty.  I find myself at times longing for the closeness of God at Desert U.  I find myself eagerly seeking Him in the wilderness of empty stuff, dry relationships, and desolate lifestyles.  I eagerly want to know God, to hear His voice and to live dependent on Christ.  My body longs for living for Christ, knowing Christ and wanting to share Christ, because I know only in Christ will I ever be fully satisfied. 

Lord this morning I thirst for you.  I have drunk at the wells of this world and I am left wanting.  Lord I need you in this life that is dry and desolate.  Lord thank you for your Son Jesus who is the living water, who can truly satisfy me.  Lord lead me to live a life worthy and help me lead others who are thirsty to you.  Amen