One thing I have desired … I seek … dwell … behold … and to inquire …..

Continuing in Psalm 27:- we were reading of David’s confidence, trust and Fatih in God learned the hard way, by going through wars and trials and coming out the other end due entirely to God’s faithfulness. Like two buddies in a war whose friendship is forged by adversity, David now fully realizes on which side his bread is buttered, and in love and admiration turns to the Lord wanting ever more.

Part of what he is saying here in verse 4 is “I must have more of You.” Can you sense the hunger here in David? We kick and scream and fight when things go wrong, well nobody likes trouble, but when like David we choose to trust in the midst of the chaos, then also like David we will find the treasure of friendship with Him in the midst of the chaos. The phrase “forsaking all else” that we find in the marriage vows comes to mind. What David had found in God was so much better than anything he had ever experienced that pursuit of God became his primary goal.

I was thinking this morning about the difference there is between having a hunger for God and being trapped in an addiction. With an addiction we crave ever more with diminishing returns, and addictions ruin relationships. Whereas when we hunger for God our drawing near is ever sweeter and our desire for more consumes us in a more wonderful way. It enriches our lives gives us increasing joy and improves our relationship with ourselves with others and with creation itself.

Father, I want to thank You again this morning that You call me Your friend. Thank You that You respond to our hunger and that You hide for us not against us. It is like hide and seek with a little child, I mean that when we find You in ever deeper ways, it brings such joy and delight. I pray for any reading this blog that You may continue to draw them to seek You out. In Jesus Name Amen