You Guide Me With Your Counsel
Nevertheless I am continually with
you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you
will receive me with honor. Whom have I in heaven but
you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. My flesh and
my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Indeed, those who are far from you
will perish; you put an end to those who are false to you. But for me it is
good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, to you of all your
works.
Our thirst for God should drive us.
When we are spiritually dry, we long to hear from Him through His Word, and we
search for even a drop of knowledge about Him. When we are exercising our faith
in a new way, we want to be close to Him and receive His strength. Our thirst
for God may increase when we see the sinfulness of people around us or when we
gain a new awareness of our own sin and need for Him.
Spiritual thirst is a metaphor used
throughout Scripture. Draw near to God and your thirst will be taken care of.
He will satisfy us and yet give us a deeper thirst for Himself. We will learn
to desire Him above all else.
A thirst for
God can be satisfied only by Christ,
the Living Water.
Our Daily Bread –