Our soul delights in God when we come, listen, and turn, from our idols, and call out to Him.
When we step back from those vices that mean to overtake us. When we sit instead, quietly before the Lord...listening, our soul finds rest, relief, and renewal. Our soul finds joy. For most of us - active or passive, driven or laid back, open or private - sitting quietly before the Lord, listening to Him, and calling on Him does not come naturally. We have to work at it. But the more we do it, the more we find it absolutely essential.
Finding Him in the secret, quiet place, which comes as we meditate on Him and His Word, will bring life to us. As I search Psalm 42 looking for words of life and longing for a deeper intimacy with Him, I find verse 7 begins with Deep calls unto deep. I felt my spirit rise.
God, you are deep, and when I become serious about the depth in You I am willing to go- You are waiting. Your Spirit is calling out to me...COME. And in the night Your song has been singing in my heart, billowing up within me, a song to the God of my life.
Come, Lord Jesus, come
All who are thirsty
And all who are weak
Come to the fountain
Dip your heart in the stream of life
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of His mercy
As deep cries out to deep, we sing
Come, Lord Jesus, come
Holy Spirit, come
What does your soul long for? What are you in need of? He will have mercy on us and will freely pardon us when we return to Him. vv 8-9 says, My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways...as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways. And Deeper!
He is truly the God of my life. Why do I ever turn to another?
He is the great I AM!
