Seven Whos From the Book of PsalmsSýnishorn

Who Quenches Your Thirst?

The deer is desperate for a drink. In the dry, arid Middle East, perhaps during a drought, the deer searches and searches for a stream. The thirsty deer is so desperate for water that it pants out of its intense thirst. 

The psalmist relies upon this vivid imagery to say, “Lord, that’s the way I feel about You. Lord, I long for You. I thirst for You. I yearn for You. Lord, let me meet with You. Let me draw close to You.”

The story of the Bible is a love story. It’s a story that begins in the heart of God with a deep, unbound, unstoppable love for His people. It’s a love that pursues, woos, and wins us. It’s a love that awakens a responsive love in our hearts. Never forget: it’s not duty, not discipline, not philosophy, but love.

Writer David Bryant was once in Calcutta talking with Mother Teresa. There were a lot of needs not being met, amidst pain and suffering everywhere. At one point, Bryant asked Mother Teresa, “With the crying needs of Calcutta, how do you keep going?” Mother Teresa replied, “I get up and spend four hours with the Lord every day because He is the deep well, and I need to drop my bucket into the well every day.”

Four hours may be a bit intimidating for nearly all of us, but we also need to spend unhurried time with the Lord every morning. Jesus is the deep well, and we need to drop our buckets into the well every day.