"My soul longs for, yea, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God..." -- Psalms 84:2
I love this verse! I've read it year after year and I always come away astonished. Whoever wrote this verse deeply understood and knew God. He was intimate with the Lord, connected with him on a level most of us will probably never comprehend. Even more.. the author longed and was thirsty for closeness with the Lord continually.
Our lives are filled with so much stuff, it can easily become hard to see and feel God near us. I wonder if it becomes harder to feel God near us because He's not "tangible". You can't reach out and touch Him or see a physical image...or can you? Is it possible to be in total unity with the Lord...so much so you can physically feel His presence? I think so.. though this has rarely happened to me.
God created us for the purpose of perfect unity in Him. Sin broke the original connection, and now we spend a lot of time asking forgiveness and turning away from our sins... so we can achieve unity with the Lord again.
Our lives become more complicated when the Lord isn't near us. I think in times of trouble.. we feel the weight of our sins an cry out for the Lord to guide us. I wonder how often we cry out to God though. How often are we on our knees asking for guidance? How often are we seeking life with Him?
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