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Are you thirsty?

When do you feel thirsty the most? It can be when the sun is too high, so hot that you are feeling exhausted. When you overwork your body and makes you dehydrated. 


Let us look on Psalm 63.

It tells us about how thirsty David was.
See verse 1:

"You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water."

 If you will read the first chapters, David was distressed of his enemy, fighting in the battle.

In the same manner, we are also distressed by the enemy - the results of our personal failure.

We thirst for different things: recognition, friends, a life-mate, a home, children, home church, an education, a job, money, gifts to serve our Lord, wisdom and courage. But most of all we thirst to love and be loved. Being thirsty of such things can really drain someone. It makes us feel insecure, it makes us feel distressed. It makes us feel alone.

It is normal that we thirst for earthly things, we are human after all. But when this thirstiness puts you in distress, something is off. We then should thirst to something which is eternal and more powerful, something that will gives us the feeling of relief. Nothing but God alone.

In Psalm 63, we can say that David cried out to God. But instead of complaining about the things he is encountering, he chose to thirst more of God, more of His presence. He utter his praises and worshiped God. Why? Because He knows who God is in his life. He is confident with his God.

Here are the proof of David's confidence to God:
- He had experienced His sanctuary and gazed upon God's power and glory.
- He knows and accepts that God's unfailing love is better than life itself.
- God satisfies him more than the richest feast.
- God is his Helper, thus He sing for joy in the shadow of God's wings.
- God's strong right hands holds him securely, thus he clings to Him.

- All his enemies will be destroyed with the help of God.



That is how David sees His God. His powerful but loving God.

In times of distress, in times of exhaustion, let us draw near to God and be thirsty of His presence. 
Through prayer, present your frustrations to Him. 
But it does not end there, we should have faith and trust in God. 
How? 
By knowing who God is in your life. 
Again how? 
By knowing Him deeper, through His words. 

One song says:
Jesus I am thirsty, won't you come and fill me.
Earthly things have left me dry, only you can satisfy.
All I want is more of You.


- Yes! Yearn to know more of God and you will learn to put your hope in Him more. 


- The more we know God, the more you will fall in love with Him.



An amazing truth here:

We have the same God as King David's!



Are you thirsty? 


Plunge into God's presence now! :)



PS:
What drinks do you normally intake? I bet you love milk teas? To some they cannot live without coffee. And without colas, meals can be boring! Well, before milk tea, there's cola, before cola, there's coffee, but before coffee, there is water. Water has a big role in our life. Drink it frequently. :)

Remember that Jesus is the Living water (John 7:37-39)!

"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give Him will never thirst again. Indeed the water I give him will become in Him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (John 4:13-14)
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