Thirst for God

David wrote this in the wilderness. The real wilderness — no water, no comfort, likely enemies nearby. And what he describes isn't the wilderness around him. It's the wilderness within.

The dry soul. The soul that misses God the way the body misses water when it's thirsty.

Have you ever woken up like that? With that feeling that something is missing, but you're not quite sure what? Sometimes that's this thirst. The soul wanting God before the mind understands what's happening.

What's beautiful is that David didn't just sit with the thirst. He named it — and went looking for water. "Early will I seek thee." The thirst became direction.

Your thirst for peace, for meaning, for strength to face the day — that thirst has a name. It has an address. And that address is available every morning, before the sun heats up and before the day makes its demands.

Don't smother that thirst with scrolling. Go drink it at the right source.