HE SATISFIES THE LONGING SOUL: Devotion for Thursday April 21, 2016
Text: Psalm 107:1 – 9 Memory verse: v 9
Has
the Lord redeemed you? Have you benefited from God’s benevolence? Then speak
out (107:1, 2)! Indeed, God has done so much for us, and we have so much for
which to thank Him (Ps 103:1 – 5). He wants us to tell everyone all that He has
done. These verses are not so much a mandate to witness but as act of
appreciation to God.
There is no affliction, no matter how grievous that our God cannot deliver us from. Thus the Psalmist exhorts us who are delivered to be mindful of so great a benefit (107:5, 6). Lost, hungry, thirsty, and exhausted as used in our text, are for wanderers; an example of Israelites in exile. They also typify anyone who has not found the satisfaction that comes from knowing God. Anyone who recognizes he or she is lost can receive the offer of Jesus to satisfy these needs. Jesus is the way (Jn. 14:6), the bread from heaven (Jn. 6:33, 35), the living water (Jn. 4:10-14), and the giver of rest (Matt 11:28-30).
Beloved, Jesus made us to understand what God desires us to thirst after (Matt 5:6). He then warned us in Matthew 6:33 and 34 to seek righteousness and all other things will be added unto us. What are the things you hunger and thirst after? God will satisfy your hunger and thirst especially if it is that which focuses on the spiritual, for that is what God delights in doing for us.
Food for Thought: Psalm 34:10
Prayer: God, satisfy my longing soul for righteousness in Jesus name.
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