Oh God you are my God, earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land.
Psalm 63:1

 

It’s pretty unusual for the late summer to be this green around here.
It almost always gets brown and crunchy and dry.
And often, at this time in the summer, my soul kind of feels that same way.

Dry. Parched. Tired.

Summer is a different kind of busy, with weddings and travels and things to do and people to see… it doesn’t have that same quiet darkness of winter.  
So we go go go go until we are dry and weary.
Have you felt this way lately?
Or maybe you feel ok, but the land around you is looking a bit bleak.
It’s easy to get disenchanted with the dry and weary world around us.
I’ve been there too.
But this psalm reminds us that God is the source of life and nourishment in those times where we are feeling kind of brown and crunchy.  

Think of a time when you’ve been thirsty,
I mean really thirsty…
Now remember how amazingly good it felt to take a big drink of water.
Remember?
Well, that’s what our soul feels like when we drink in God.
When we reconnect ourselves to the well that does not run dry.
This psalm reminds the readers that it is possible to reconnect to God – the living water.
In verse 4 it says “I will lift up my hands”
When we are thirsty, feeling dry and empty, we hold out those empty hands and God will pour love and grace and new life upon them.
This living water is always there, always available.. You don’t need a hose or a faucet.  
Just open your hands.  

So next time you take a drink of water to quench your thirst – remember God’s love and grace are doing that very same thing for your soul.
Take a big drink.
How?
Read your Bible.
Pray.
Connect with someone in your community.

Drink up!