Psalm 63:1-2 – A Psalm of David.  When he was in the Desert of Judah.

O God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my body longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.  I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and Your glory. 

If it is true that only God will satisfy our soul, then why do we look everywhere else?  John Piper writes: “Loving God will include obeying all His commands; it will include believing all His word; it will include thanking Him for all His gifts; but the essence of loving God is enjoying all He is.”

This is something that stopped me in my tracks.  Can I honestly say that I enjoy God?  I fear Him, love Him, talk to Him, and do my best to listen, but how often do I REALLY enjoy Him?  I have to confess, it is not as much as I should.  David, the man after God’s heart, wrote the Psalm.  He was in love with God!  Even though he messed up big time, he loved God.  If you and I were a character in the Bible, how would we be described?

If you are not “feeling” the longing for God, there is hope.  If you feel like you do not “enjoy” God like you want to, then I want to encourage you to repent.  Go to the foot of the cross, and confess that you have chased after other things, put other substances ahead of God’s rightful place.  And then tell God that you want to know Him more, love Him greater.  Ask Him to increase your faith!  Rid yourself of the draw of the world, and be free.

PRay