Do you remember when romance was new? Do you remember the first time you met someone whose company you thoroughly enjoyed? Do you remember when you started a job that you really liked? What about your first car or a new home?
When you first meet someone you truly care about and who is fun to be around, you may find yourself thinking of that person constantly. You may wish the day would never end. When you buy a new car you may not be content looking at it parked in your driveway, so you take it on a long drive to enjoy the feel of it.
There is an excitement and thrill about a good relationship that has just begun. What desires are expressed by the psalmist in this verse? Do you identify with this attitude? Is this how you might describe your feelings toward God? Jesus?
Although love may not fade, the giddy desire to be in another person’s presence may begin to subside in time. You may grow comfortable with the relationship and begin to take things for granted. New jobs can be exciting and challenging, but often grow into something familiar and “old hat.”
Even that new car or new house that you pledge to take car of so that it is always nice may eventually show signs of neglect.
Unfortunately, so many people have the same thing happen with their relationship with Jesus. The thought of God’s love and mercy, the thought that Christ loved us so much that he gave himself completely for us can make our souls soar with joy. But often, in time, we begin to take Jesus for granted. We know he is there for us. We acknowledge him each day, but our relationship might grow stale.
Our desire to know Jesus better, to understand him more, to be in his presence should never wane or fade. It needs to be made new again each day. Like the psalmist, we need to seek him in his temple – wherever that temple might be.
Seek to know Jesus more and more every day. Seek to be in his presence every hour. Spend time gazing upon the beauty of the Lord so that your relationship with the Savior may be always fresh and exciting, lifting the soul to new heights of joy.
DAILY CHALLENGE: How can you dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of your life?
4 comments:
Thanks for continuing to do this. I just want you to know that I read it and appreciate it greatly.
John
Thank you for the support. It is good to know that God can use us to encourage others.
Wow! Who's that VERY young couple?
Oh, I know. When I posted that it about broke my heart! LOL
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