1. As the hunted hart instinctively seeks the river to bathe its smoking
flanks and to escape the dogs, even so my weary, persecuted soul pants after
the Lord my God. Debarred from public worship, David was heartsick. Ease he did
not seek, honor he did not covet, but the enjoyment of communion with God was
an urgent and absolute necessity, like water to a stag. Have you personally
felt the same? The next best thing to living in the light of the Lord’s love is
to be unhappy till we have it, and to pant hourly after it. Thirst is a
perpetual appetite. When it is as natural for us to long after God as for an
animal to thirst, it is well with our souls, however painful our feelings. The
eagerness of our desires may be pleaded with God, and the more so because there
are special promises for the importunate and fervent.
PREVIOUS
NEXT
No comments:
Post a Comment