The Lord Sends His Love To
Me.
A
deer longs for streams of water. God, I long for you in the same way.
I am thirsty for God. I am thirsty for the living God. When can I go and meet
with him?
My tears have been my food day and night. All day long people say to me,
"Where is your God?"
When I remember what has happened, I tell God all of my troubles. I remember
how I used to walk along with the crowd of worshipers. I led them to the house
of God. We shouted with joy and gave thanks as we went to the holy feast.
My spirit, why are you so sad? Why are you so upset deep down inside me? Put
your hope in God. Once again I will have reason to praise him.
He is
my Savior and my God. My spirit is very sad deep down inside me. So I will
remember you here where the
You
have sent wave upon wave of trouble over me. It roars down on me like a
waterfall. All of your waves and breakers have rolled over me.
During the day the Lord sends his love to me. During the night I sing about
him. I say a prayer to the God who gives me life.
I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around in
sorrow? Why am I beaten down by my enemies?"
My body suffers deadly pain as my enemies make fun of me. All day long they say
to me, "Where is your God?"
My spirit, why are you so sad? Why are you so upset deep down inside me? Put
your hope in God. Once again I will have reason to praise him. He is my Savior
and my God.
Psalm 42:1-11
Feeling
separated from God, the psalmist used the simile of a deer panting with thirst
to express his deep yearning for a taste of the presence of God. The heat of
his desire for the Lord was so great and his sorrow so intense, he did more weeping
than eating. Do you have that same thirst for the word of God?
Only Jesus, the Living Water, can satisfy the thirsty
soul.
Our Daily Bread –