21
October
LOVE
BIRDS - 1
Memorise:
And thou shaft love the LORD thy God with ail thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with alt thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first
commandment. Mark 12:30
Read:
Matthew 17:1-5
The
psalmist spoke about the thirst of his soul in Psalms 42:2:
My
soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before
God?
Thirst
and hunger are common to man. Thirst however is a stronger need than hunger. It
is possible for people to fast for 60 days without food, but extremely
dangerous to do so without water. Thirst is a very powerful feeling which comes
from within (Judges 15:18-19). When you are really thirsty, the pain or
discomfort of thirst can override every other pain. For instance, after being
beaten and wounded, Jesus was nailed to the cross. He did not cry for any of
those pains, He cried for water (John 19:28). There is a thirst that no water
can quench hence, the Lord Jesus Christ invites all those who are truly thirsty
to come to Him (John 7:37-39). If you have really fallen in love with God, you
will know that there is a thirst inside of you which only Jesus Christ can
quench. There is a void in every man that only the Creator can fill. Has He
completely filled the space He originally reserved for Himself within you?
But
why was the psalmist seeking and thirsting after God? His next statement says
it all: ''When shall I appear before God?" This tells us that he was not
seeking God for ordinary water, wealth or position but for fellowship. One
thing lovers enjoy is each other's company. Lovers enjoy fellowship. There were
two very close friends who understood friendship in real terms. When one of
them visits the other, time would slowly ebb away without them noticing as they
enjoy themselves talking about different things. By the time they verify the
time, they would realise it is already late in the night. The host will see off
his visitor almost at midnight with their chat continuing along the way until
they arrive at the house of the one being seen off. On arrival, the one who
just got to his house will escort his visitor off again until they mutually
agree on parting ways at midway to both their houses. At the end of it all,
they would both arrive in their respective houses in the early hours of the
morning. If you truly love God, you can experience something like that. Peter,
James and John tasted a little of it and they did not want it to stop.
PRAYER
POINT
Lord,
let the love between You and me be so strong that we become inseparable.
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