Only Streams Will Satisfy
Consider Psalm 42:1-2
Hear the heart of this psalmist…
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for You, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and stand before Him?”
Notice the amount of water… The writer didn’t just say that the deer wanted a drink of water… he didn’t just write that a trickle would do… Only STREAMS would satisfy (other translations say flowing streams)!
So as the deer was longing for those streams, so the heart of the writer was longing for God Himself.
“But, haven’t we already found Him if we’ve been saved?”
Yes and no.
If we’ve placed our lives in His hands by believing in Jesus for our salvation, that is only part of God. He is not just a cosmic vending machine dispensing tickets to Heaven.
But how often do we treat Him like that…?
“Ok, God, I’m saved. Thanks. See you in Heaven.”
He is God. He is limitless. We have only heard a whisper of His power!
So often we settle for less when there is so much more available. Maybe we settle because we didn’t know there was more. Maybe we settle because the thought of pursuing God is a bit intimidating. Whatever the reason may be, understand that there’s more and it’s freely available.
The veil has been torn. We can freely come before Him. Drink from His flowing streams!
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