Psalm 84 (NIV)
I love this Psalm, you can hear the song playing as you read it. The psalmist uses such beautiful & powerful language:
My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God. (Psalm 84:2 ESV)
He's talking like an addict, someone who just can't get enough of God. He needs his fix. Have you ever felt like this? Where getting in to God presence is all you want to do, nothing else will satisfy? It's an amazing experience isn't it?
It absolutely delights God when we seek Him like this, His desire is that we have an intimate relationship with Him, seeking Him all the time, making much of God in our lives. As we live our lives like this we will be transformed.
So you may have all this before, but here's the challenge:
Are you seeking God of just the things He does? Does meeting with God get you excited, do feel like a day in His courts is better than a thousand elsewhere? Or are you just waiting for the next big thing He does? Like a healing or provision.
If this is how you would describe your relationship with God, then I would suggest it's probably a little shallow and your missing out on a worship lifestyle that brings deep joy.
My prayer is that as you read this you're challenged to action, to seek His face. To get addicted to Him to worship Him in every attitude, every action & every motive.
Lord, grow an addiction for You in me.
I love this Psalm, you can hear the song playing as you read it. The psalmist uses such beautiful & powerful language:
My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God. (Psalm 84:2 ESV)
He's talking like an addict, someone who just can't get enough of God. He needs his fix. Have you ever felt like this? Where getting in to God presence is all you want to do, nothing else will satisfy? It's an amazing experience isn't it?
It absolutely delights God when we seek Him like this, His desire is that we have an intimate relationship with Him, seeking Him all the time, making much of God in our lives. As we live our lives like this we will be transformed.
So you may have all this before, but here's the challenge:
Are you seeking God of just the things He does? Does meeting with God get you excited, do feel like a day in His courts is better than a thousand elsewhere? Or are you just waiting for the next big thing He does? Like a healing or provision.
If this is how you would describe your relationship with God, then I would suggest it's probably a little shallow and your missing out on a worship lifestyle that brings deep joy.
My prayer is that as you read this you're challenged to action, to seek His face. To get addicted to Him to worship Him in every attitude, every action & every motive.
Lord, grow an addiction for You in me.
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