“O God of my life, I’m lovesick for you in this weary wilderness. I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more, with cravings in my heart that can’t be described. Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God! I’m energized every time I enter your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power and drink in more of your glory.” Psalms 63:1-2 TPT
Do you have enough of him? Are you satisfied with the time that you spend with him? Does your heart long for more? As this new year begins, let’s start to examine our hearts and our desires. Is being in his presence an option for you or is there a desperate need in your heart to consistently be in his presence? What does your heart desire the most? Do you obsess over the things of this world? Instead of focusing on his natural needs, David focused on his spiritual needs because he valued communing with God more. He said his soul longed for God in a desert where there is no water. So many times we get blindsided by the cares of this world and our fleshly desires. David chose to magnify the Lord! He could’ve started to complain to God about all the things that he lacked in the wilderness but his fellowship with God was more important. He knew the weight of his sovereignty. David’s heart was prepared. He communicated with God often and sought to learn the heart of the Lord. When the bible tells us to take on the yoke of the Lord, it is for our benefit. When we step out of the way and let the Lord fight for us it doesn’t s weigh us down like it would if we were to fight on our own. It goes against our flesh to allow God to come and move in our lives because we are so used to self being in control. That’s why seeking his kingdom first is so essential because we have to rewire ourselves for him to be our first resort. And once you taste and see that the Lord is good, you will being to desire more and more of him. God wants us to communicate with him regularly and he is so ready but we have to choose to draw in closer.
Prayer-
Lord, I come before you today and I thank you for everything you have done for me. You have given me more than I deserve. Your goodness is immeasurable and my heart is grateful. Thank you for carrying me through the hills and the valleys of this life. Lord, I come before you with a broken and contrite heart. I am sorry for every time that I chose to seek out the world for answers. The times that I choose to believe in my own strength and think that I am my own savior. You are my God. My desire is to know you more. I want to know you so deeply and truly. Transform me God into the (man/woman) you want me to be. Lord, I want to seek you first daily. I desire for you to become my first and only option. You are the healer of my heart. I want to desire you more than my next breath. I lay down my life in surrender because I understand that I can’t do it on my own. You are the God of peace and you surround me with your love. I believe you mend what is broken and you restore what is lost. I want to learn to fully trust you. I magnify you more than the things that I see. You are bigger and I believe that you will continue you shelter me underneath the shadow of your wings. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
“Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest. For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 GNT
"What else do I have in heaven but you? Since I have you, what else could I want on earth? My mind and my body may grow weak, but God is my strength; he is all I ever need. But as for me, how wonderful to be near God, to find protection with the Sovereign Lord, and to proclaim all that he has done!" Psalm 73:25-26, 28 GNT
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