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HELP ME, LORD, I AM THIRSTY, LORD, VERY THIRSTY…


Psalms 42:1-3 – “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” NKJV

I Thirst, oh, LORD, How I Thirst!  What a beautiful morning in Texas, refreshing morning weather, tasty cup of coffee, wonderful time reading and reflecting on God’s Word, encouraging to see and hear the daybreak from its slumber into the sounds of life. My heart is crying to the Lord for the “water brooks” of the Spirit of God!

Nothing is ever accomplished Spiritually until God’s people become hungry, thirsty, and frequently desperate for Him.  Until He becomes more important than life, position, power, prestige, publicity, being known, and all the other adjectives one can attribute to what man calls success. When we divest ourselves of ourselves and thirst for Him and Him alone, we find that He comes on the scene with His awesome demonstration of Grace, Power, and Love, and things begin to happen.

When we defend, protect, guard, develop, and attempt to establish our place, position, power, or prestige, He steps back and says, “Okay, if you want to do it without me, go ahead, but if you decide you need Me, come to me.”

Too often, we try to take it from here and fail miserably.  Even if we amass large gatherings of people and gain worldwide fame, it all becomes a tinkling symbol and sounding brass. It is when He is our life, source, strength, provider, guide, and God that we move into the realm of the Supernatural and see great things happen for the Kingdom of God.

When men and women stop demanding to be recognized and receive credit for things, when they develop a heart that says I do not care who gets credit as long as it gets done, God moves in new ways.  You do not have to blow your own horn; if it needs blowing, God will see to it that someone blows it. It is not about you; it is about the Kingdom!

Today, I am hungry and thirsty for the “water brooks” of the Spirit of the Lord, and my tears have been my companion day and night over what I see and do not see. I see the questions and discouragement of many and cry out to the Lord to come to us; let us come to you and drink where out of our innermost beings will Flow Rivers of Living Water!  And those rivers will bring life wherever they touch.

Are you thirsty? Are you thirsty? Are you THIRSTY? Then, it is time to turn our eyes on the source of our “living waters” and come to Him and drink. “He must increase, but I must decrease.” As we decrease, He will increase, and we will begin to see that for which we have longed.

May the rich and bountiful blessings of the LORD be yours today!

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HELP ME, LORD. I AM THIRSTY – – Part 2…


Psalm 42:1 – “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.”  NASB

Yesterday we began this quest to have more of God, and today we will delve a little deeper into my thoughts on the subject as we seek a pathway to fullness.

HUNGERING AND THIRSTING FOR GOD:

It is more than turning over a new leaf or practicing morality.  It is to allow the Spirit of God to transform us into Righteousness.  We are to pursue the Righteousness of God.  Let me suggest that upright and moral behavior is only righteous if it comes from a righteous heart, and that only comes from a relationship with God. 

I contend that Righteousness (biblical righteousness) is imputed.  It is infused in our hearts through Salvation.  Romans 1:17 informs us that righteousness is achieved by faith alone: “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’”

Beloved, God is offering the Righteousness of Jesus to His Children!  We can put on the Robe of Righteousness.  We can put on the Breastplate of Righteousness. It is part of our armor and our makeup.  It is who we are, not what we do!

I also suggest that Righteousness must be pursued.  We are saved by faith through grace but are called to grow, mature, and live uprightly.  We face the constant tension and tug of the world, but by His Grace, we can prevail and be transformed into the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  That will never happen if we are caviler about our relationship with Him. 

God must be pursued. Matthew 7 tells us to “ask, seek, and knock.”  That implies a progressive approach to our relationship with God.  If we genuinely want the prayer Jesus instructed us to pray in Matthew 6 to become a reality and His Kingdom to come, and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven in our world and our lives, We must thirst for Him!  We must come to Him and Drink!

TRUTHS THAT MUST NOT BE OVERLOOKED:

  • Our appetites determine our spiritual condition. 
  • We eat and drink what we want because we want it. 
  • If we want something bad enough, we will struggle to obtain it, sacrifice to get it, and go to incredible lengths to achieve it. 

That Is true in the natural and true in the spiritual.  Therefore, if we want more of God and become hungry and thirsty enough, we will press in and “seek Him and find Him.”  God is always willing to give us His Spirit and His Person.  God’s presence is available as revealed in the Prayer Jesus instructed us to pray in Matthew 6:9. 

I want to take this further and hopefully enable each to see a pathway to the fullness desired in the heart.  I want us to come to the place where the River of His Fullness flows noticeably in us all the time!

God bless you as you enjoy this wonderful day He has provided!

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