O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You, as in a dry and weary land where no water is. Psalm 63:1
For years I prayed for a deep, heart-felt, even desperate longing for God.
I wanted to desire God above all else. I wanted my faith to grow and transform into something indescribably beautiful.
I wanted to feel like David, when he wrote, “O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You, as in a dry and weary land where no water is” (Psalm 63:1).
How did God answer this prayer in my life? He sent me to a “dry and weary land where there is no water.”
He sent me to the edge of myself, so that in my brokenness there was only Him.
He stripped away all of the things I had unknowingly set above Him in my heart, so there was only Him.
He met me with so much love and understanding and faithfulness that I finally and fully realized, there is only Him for me.
Oh, my friend. If you are in that season, I feel for you. It is a difficult place to be. It feels like your world is falling apart and things may never be the same.
But can I whisper a truth into that hurt? Perhaps it is the falling apart that causes us to fall desperately in love with Jesus. Perhaps it is the loneliness that brings longing for God.
I am praying for you today. Father, I pray for my friend. Set a longing in her soul that only you can satisfy. Meet her in the wilderness. In a barren land, may her faith burst into full bloom, and her heart find that there is only You for her.
Until next time,
Shelby
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