A thirst for God

Our lives depend on God. When we feel lonely, depressed, stressed, or anxious we need to meditate on God's kindness and love.

As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I can and meet with God?
My tears have been my food
day and night. (Psalm 42:1-3)

This afternoon I 110% hit a stressed and anxious breaking point. Everything that could go wrong seemed to be going wrong. I had a closing meeting over the phone at 4:30 so I had to merge a client and a colleague over the phone. I decided to get in the elevator and the called completely dropped. It was just about 5 o'clock and my client showed up for our 5:40 meeting 40 minutes early and I had a 30 minute drive. I needed my navigation to drive to my meeting and couldn't use it since I was on a phone call.

Everything seemed to be going wrong at this point...my phone was dying and I had no idea where I was going. For those of you who know me, I am normally very calm but I was at the point where I just screamed in the car.

I had been in this spot before in my life and I always know that there are two ways in which I can handle it. I can either continue to wallow in my self-pity and be super negative or know that all I need to do is rely on God and have my soul thirst for him.

The most amazing thing happened during this time. I was on the phone with Rachel and in the midst of me rambling about all the negative things that were happening she told me that we should pray.

As soon as she started to pray I felt all of the stress and anxiety go away. It was the most amazing and super natural feeling ever. It was one of the most refreshing feelings I had felt in a long time. My thirst was being quenched and I was so fulfilled.

In that moment I was reminded of how thankful I am that we serve a God who does that for us and to have such a perfect person in my life to help steer me towards Christ everyday.

I encourage you all to remember that God quenches are thirsts no matter what we are going through always. So no matter how bad your day is going or how amazing it is, the only thing that can truly make you feel fulfilled is God.