Single Minded Focus On the Lord

UV 3707/10000 Single Minded Focus on the Lord As the deer pants (longingly) for the water brooks, so my soul pants (longingly) for You, O God. Psalm 42 v 1 This uni-verse is speaking of the deep thirst of the soul for God. God is the source, the only deep source that can satisfy the innermost longing of a human’s soul. The image is of a deer whose throat is parched moving in a vast desert wasteland, chancing upon the only source of water in an oasis. God is likened to man’s oasis in the desert of life. All else is wasteland. The only need of the human’s soul is God. Often, we go through hardship, desertion, persecution, oppression in life so that we can experience that sense of deep and desperate thirst for God when we have no other longing or desire except to see God, to hear Him, to understand Him, to do His will. The depth of our souls cry out for the depth of the Spirit of God. Our tears dry up as we sense His presence in and with us. In response to our great thirst, our longing for God, He fills our souls like a rush of wind. Nothing in our circumstances would have changed but we feel satisfied. We feel the peace that passes human understanding. We feel rested like a child that has been weaned in her mother’s arms. We are not concerned with any great project or earthly ambition. The Lord and His word are the source of our refreshing, our renewal, our rejuvenation. We have no alternate source of significance or of power. God and His word have no substitute in our lives. In Him all of our need is met. The deer once its thirst is quenched in the fresh mountain stream prances on its feet and dances with joy. Likewise, we are filled with joy in the presence of the Lord. No hunter or predator can prey on the deer once it is so reinvigorated. It is as if our youth and our strength are revived. We enter the scene depressed, morose, confused, disoriented but once we have tasted of the Lord’s goodness, we are exhilarated, energised, motivated, charged. We cannot be distracted from our vision, our purpose in life.