Day 20: Quench my Soul: What are you thirsting for?

Watch the Video Above: Quench My Soul - Jeff

Overview: So, what are you thirsting for? What does your soul long for? The world offers us a wide range of things that claim to fulfill us – and yet all of these worldly things will fade and fall short. Author Larry Crabb wrote this: “We cannot stop wanting to be happy – our souls long for whatever we think will provide the greatest possible pleasure. Our problem is that we are not yet fully aware that an 'intimate relationship with God' is that greatest pleasure. In our foolishness we look for that experience in all the wrong places. We dig 'broken cisterns' to satisfy our thirst and walk right by the fresh spring of water that is God. An encounter with God is what we really want – we just don’t know it. We dream 'lower dreams' and think there are none higher.”

Scripture:

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.

John 4:13-14

Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

Practical Guide: Today, to help me be aware what will actually quench the longings of my soul (an intimate relationship with God), I will recite the following hymn throughout the day today. I will consider making it a prayer that I intentionally pray at different moments during my day today.

Hymn:

Fill My Cup Lord

Fill my cup, Lord; I lift it up Lord; Come and quench this thirsting of my soul. Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more. Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for loving me and knowing me so personally. Thank you that you know every hair on my head and that you care for me so much that you are available to hear my prayers. Thank you for quenching my soul with an intimate relationship with you, found through your son Jesus. Please allow me to seek the good things that are of you to quench my soul, and not things of this world. Please lead me and guide me and comfort me in the challenges that I will face today. Lord, please fill my cup and make me whole. In Jesus name, amen.

Quiet Time Moment: For the next 60 seconds, sit quietly (without distractions), embrace the presence of the Lord and seek to hear His voice.