Psalm 61: The Higher Rock

Let say (hypothetically) that you haven't read The Word for a few days/weeks and finally you're beginning to take the time to give serious and careful thought for a bit. Lets also say you're in desperate need of water to your soul. You're desperate to meet with God, to hear from God, or to be restored, refreshed, renewed...encouraged. Maybe desperately asking God to give you a sign that He exists and that you're somewhere on his radar screen. The truth is that God wants to speak into your life right now. He wants to touch you, send His water your soul, and refresh the in most parts of you. So maybe as you begin to read today you could just ask Him for that (really at anytime, not just when beginning to read The Word).

I read the King James Version of this Psalm just to break the monotony of the Psalms in the NIV and I was reminded of that old praise song, "Better is One Day". Man, that song is The Word of God by the way, in case you were wondering. Although it mostly derives from Psalm 84, the song basically says: anybody that comes thirsty and hungry for God, He's going to satisfy! I know there's a lot of hunger in our world (mainly referring to everyone), but I don't know if we've figured out that its for Him!

If there's anywhere else we've been today or this week in our lives to try to satisfy whats deep inside of us, it's not gonna work. "He's" not gonna work, "she's" gonna work, "the job's" not gonna work, "the stuff's" not gonna work; there's a hunger deep inside of us that's made for God. And He's fills that place like crazy when we turn to Him and trust in Him and ask Him to do what only He can do.

Perhaps what we can gather from this whole Psalms blog is simply that...think about it...

"...when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I."

- Psalm 61: 2 (KJV)

Much Love,
Bob