Yearning For The Lord

-May 13, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Monday,

“And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!”

(Job 19:26-27).

No one would question Job’s love for and devotion to the Lord. Yes, he was tried to the utmost and came forth as gold, as refined by fire.

The word heart in today’s text literally means kidneys. Job had a deep, inner desire for the Lord. He never gave up, he never quit. Sure he experienced the greatest pain and anguish of anyone in Scripture. He lost nearly everything, but he never lost the Lord, and the Lord never left him.

There are times when God tests the reality of our faith. Do we love Him for who He is or just because He gives us things and blesses us? Do we follow Him in prosperity as well as in adversity? David also found himself in troubled, difficult, adverse situations, he clung to the Lord and yearned for Him.

Psalm 42 was written by the sons of Korah. The title of this psalm is, “Yearning for God in the midst of Distresses.” Psalm 42:1-2 says, “As the deer pants (or longs for) the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God, when shall I come and appear before God?”

The Lord delights in those who passionately seek Him and spend time with Him. The word yearn is defined as, “to have an intense feeling of longing for something that one has lost or has been separated from. One day we will depart this earthly scene when we are taken up into heaven. We will see our beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. What a day that will be.

Let us yearn more and more for the Lord; yearn to be with Him, follow Him, and serve Him. Have a blessed day in His presence. Stay safe and healthy.

Loving Jesus and yearning for more of Him.

Dean