My Soul Thirst for You
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 there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
Because your stedfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
My would will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
when I remember you upon my bed,
and mediate on you in the watches of the night;
for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;
they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
But they king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of the liars will be stopped. (Psalms 63)
Come to Me
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lovely in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
I started with the scripture that I read today because it was perfect for what the past few days have been like. The past few days have been crazy busy. We are in a stretch of our season right now where we have 6 games in 14 days. Which is a lot. 6 games in 14 days means a lot of traveling and a lot of time in the gym. Which I have no problem with at all, I love it. These past few days have also been extra busy because of school. There have been tests and lots of assignments that have been due this past week. With the combination of a lot of games and a lot of school work I have been extra exhausted.
Waking up this morning, I was really feeling it. I was both mentally and physically exhausted. I needed something and I wasn't completely sure what that was. When I opened up my bible this morning the passages I read are at the top of this post. The scripture was perfect and exactly what I needed to hear.
I love the verses in Matthew. I imagine those who are tired and weary sitting somewhere and just feeling down because they're exhausted and then Jesus coming to them laying his hands on them and telling them to come to Him. That was me this morning. Sitting in the coffee shop preparing to read, feeling exhausted and then I opened up the word and just like that I knew what was going on.
There is something about these two passages that goes deeper than just coming to God so that he gives us rest. It goes deeper than just what you see on the inside. It's about what takes place on the inside.
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:29)
Jesus is telling us that if we take his yoke upon ourselves, we will find rest for our souls. I love that. "Rest in your soul." There is so much power in those four words. I mean think about it, we talk about resting our minds and bodies a lot but not so much about our souls. It's deep and finding rest in our soul is true rest. When we find our soul at rest, that is when we can be at rest about all other things.
O God, you are my God; earnestly I see you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. (Psalm 63:1)
"My soul thirsts for you." Don't you love that? Our soul thirsts for God and when we find our soul at rest that is when we will be able to thirst for God. We can have a thirst for God at all times but when our soul is at rest is when everything will make much more sense.
Honestly, that is my encouragement for you today. The source of our peace and where we find rest is God and a very perfect place to find God is time in the word. When life gets busy, crazy, and hectic, we need to turn to God for our rest not other things.
Whether its trying to find out an answer to why you're so tired or anything else, the best place to find that is the word of God. The best way to get answers from the word is to read it with an open mind hoping to find answers.
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