Psalm 42:1-5 For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng. Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Notice that it’s the soul that is panting, thirsting for the living God.
Our bodies may be so busy with work, but if we listen to our souls we are thirsting for God.
Our bodies may be anxiously trying to solve problems for ourselves, but if we listen to our souls it is seeking God’s help.
Our bodies may be enjoying sin, wallowing in pleasure and excitement, but if we listen to our souls it is crying out for God’s redemption and righteousness.
Our soul desires to fellowship with God - “when can I go and meet with God?”.
Our soul cries out looking for God - “My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?”
Our souls remember the time when we shouted with joy and thanksgiving together with others who delighted in God.
The psalmist ends by telling his soul not to worry, as if saying “I have listened to your cry, and I will follow your leading” – put your hope in God for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God!
It’s about time we stop following what our flesh, our bodies, look for, and listen to the cry of our soul. The soul that puts its hope in God shall be satisfied, and then our bodies, our external life will enjoy the same satisfaction. This is where true satisfaction comes from.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
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