Stirred By The Scriptures

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.” (Psalm 42:1)  There are those on our staff (they will go unnamed) who are really tired of the song that was written from this verse.  They would like the deer shot! Songs and choruses can come and go.  We can like them or we can wish they would go away - but the truth of the verse is timeless.  Thirsting for God is a concept I have been pondering recently.  We often talk about experiencing God but I believe thirsting for him is something different.  What does it look like to find life so disappointing, so empty that all I can think about is finding God like a deer finds a mountain stream?  That is the picture the psalmist paints and that is how I want my life to be lived.