Thirsting For God

Posted by Surrey District Conference of Moravian Churches, Jamaica on

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? Psalm 42:2.

As the life of a deer depends upon water, so our lives depend upon God. Those who seek him and long to understand him find never-ending life. Feeling separated from God, this Psalmist would not rest until he restored his relationship with God because he knew that his very life depended on it. Do you thirst for God? When you feel lonely or depressed, meditate on God’s kindness and love. Jesus spoke of being the “living water” in St. John 4 when he met the Samaritan woman. There are many verses in the Bible that speaks of thirsting after God as one thirst for water (Isaiah 55:1, Jeremiah 2:13, Zechariah 13:1). Our God is called the fountain of life (Psalm 36:9) and the spring of living water (Jeremiah 17:13).

In saying that he would bring living water that could forever quench a personÂ’s thirst for God, Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah. Only the Messiah could give this gift that satisfies the soulÂ’s desire. Many spiritual functions parallel physical functions. As our bodies hunger and thirst, so do our souls. Our souls need spiritual food and water. We would not think of depriving our bodies of food and water when they hunger or thirst. Why then should we deprive our souls? The living Word, Jesus Christ, and the written Word, the Bible, can satisfy our hungry and thirsty souls.

Br. Patrick Coke.

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