Daily Devotional 8-26-2021
Psa 42:1-2 For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. (2) My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? The psalmist begins with a compelling and beloved image. He thirsts for God as a deer thirsts for water in the desert. The psalmist’s “soul” is himself, and the living God will satisfy him in the same way that streams of water satisfy the deer. The longing for God provokes a question: “When shall I come to the temple where God dwells and see His face?”.