Let me hear Your voice
Your words are so sweet
I’m yearning inside, Lord
To hear You speak
I won’t give up this chase
The yearning is too great
Your face I will pursue
I long for Your embrace
I know it brings you pleasure
When I’m seeking after You
Lord, draw me away
I’ll keep running after You
Life
is challenging. Circumstances leave us feeling drained.
Emotions we wrestle with are exhausting. The voices all around us drown
out the one Voice we need to hear.
There
just comes a time when we just have to retreat to our secret place; our safe
place; the place where we can lay all of our burdens on the One who cares, who
understands, who has firsthand felt and bore our pains.
"It is good for me to draw near to God..." Psalm 73:28
"Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." James 4:8
Oftentimes
when I am feeling the weight of life, I feel Him drawing me away with a
silent, yet very real tug on my heart. Other times I experience an
empty, hollow feeling; an ache that can only be fulfilled as I pursue Him,
the true Lover of my soul. It brings Him pleasure to be desired, to
be sought after, to hear our heart's cry in desperate need for His touch. He is simply waiting on us. In that passionate pursuit, rest for our soul is found.
"As the deer pants and longs for the water brooks, so I
pant and long for You, O God. My inner self thirsts for God, for the
living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my
food day and night, while men say to me all day long, where is your
God? My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to
be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great
procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving
thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! Why am I discouraged?
And why are you so sad, oh my inner self? Hope
in God and wait expectantly for Him,
for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God." Psalm
42:1-5
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