"My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me."-- Psa 63:8.
THERE ARE three notes in this Psalm which betoken the stages of the soul's growth: "My soul thirsteth for Thee"; "my soul shall be satisfied"; "my soul followeth hard after Thee." We may be passing through a wilderness of spiritual drought, the dark night of the soul, the seasons of dryness and depression which are apt to befall. In some cases, as when Elijah asked to die, or when John sent his despairing question to Christ from his prison, it is the result of physical or mental overstrain. But at such times, let us never hesitate still to speak of God as "'my God." Nothing can sever you from His everlasting Love. You may not have the glad consciousness of it, but you must never surrender your belief in it. Go on blessing Him, as long as you live, and lift up your hands in prayer. But we can never be satisfied with what we have attained. God is ever moving forward! Let us follow hard after Him.
THERE ARE three notes in this Psalm which betoken the stages of the soul's growth: "My soul thirsteth for Thee"; "my soul shall be satisfied"; "my soul followeth hard after Thee." We may be passing through a wilderness of spiritual drought, the dark night of the soul, the seasons of dryness and depression which are apt to befall. In some cases, as when Elijah asked to die, or when John sent his despairing question to Christ from his prison, it is the result of physical or mental overstrain. But at such times, let us never hesitate still to speak of God as "'my God." Nothing can sever you from His everlasting Love. You may not have the glad consciousness of it, but you must never surrender your belief in it. Go on blessing Him, as long as you live, and lift up your hands in prayer. But we can never be satisfied with what we have attained. God is ever moving forward! Let us follow hard after Him.
When our souls find God and His blessings and peace it is like being being lost in a dangerous forest and coming upon a path that shows you the way out to safety. You don't just rejoice that you found the path and then turn around and go back into the dark forest. No, you follow the sign until you reach the clearing. It's the same way with God. When we open our hearts to Him, we don't just need to rejoice and then return to our old ways. No, we rejoice, are satisfied by his blessings and love, and we follow close after Him until we reach our eternal home in Heaven.
Even through the hard times let us never fail to praise our Lord and master. God is ever with us. He walks beside us even in the worst storms and the lowest valleys.
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