Longing For God Psalms 42:1

1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.
2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and stand before him?



David is in one of the dark valleys of his life. His enemies are mocking him. He is running for his life. There is no peace in his life. Yet listen to his prayer, "God as the deer pants for water, so do I long for You! I thirst for You, the Living God in my life!"

When we come to know God as He would have us know Him, something wonderful begins to happen in our lives. We hunger and thirst for more of Him! David is running for his life. King Saul's army is hunting him like a deer in the woods. Their orders are to shoot first and ask questions later. There is a bounty for his head. Yet, David says, "I long for You, God!"

He is not complaining about his circumstances. He is not crying out to God, " I am supposed to be king; You had me anointed to be king; why am I out here on the back side of nowhere, the laughing stock of all Israel. People are thinking, 'he said he was supposed to be king! Look at him now'."

David wanted to be closer to God! He knew the joy of God's presence in his life. He knew the refreshing blessings that God would provide and he wanted to make sure that he was in the place that God wanted him to be in so he could receive all that God had planned for him. More important to David than being king was his personal relationship to The King of Kings and Lord of Lords! As long as that was right, then come what may, everything else would be right!

Do you "pant for God?" Is there a thirst for him in your life? Is there this burning desire in your heart that come what may you want to know Him and the power of his resurrection in your life? If you will let your faith direct your life that thirst will develop. If you will simply start to believe that God is everything that He says He is and he will do everything that He says He will do, you will develop this thirst to know Him that only He can satisfy!

Let's drink freely from the river of life and the waters of the fountain that never run dry! God will satisfy the desires of your heart and make your life worth the living!