Desire

“Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.” Psalm 73:25

Do we desire God?

That’s the question of the day. That’s what I want us to think about. For some of us we shout with a resounding “Yes!” For others, we’re not quite sure. For others, we can say nope, never thought about it. For others, we may say, I don’t even know who He is. As Christians, it does seem like a question we should be able to answer without much thought. But the world does press in, doesn’t it?

I’m sure most of us can admit we want God’s provision and His protection, who doesn’t want a provider and a protector? But what about His presence?

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this
parched and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1

Is God our God? Do we earnestly seek Him? Does our soul thirst for Him? Do we long for God with our whole body, mind, and spirit? Everything that we are? Does our mind know God but our heart not experience God? Do our bodies, by our actions reflect that we know God? Do our hands, our feet, our hearts physically reach out to him? Do we long for the Spirit of God to bubble up from within?

“If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 29:13-14a.

We’ve got to do the looking on our own. No one can look for us. Let’s get to it.