Psalm 63:1-2 | You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
John 1:35-39 | The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
DAILY PRAYER REQUEST: Lord, rekindle my longing for you.
DAILY THOUGHT: OUR DEEPEST LONGING
Put bluntly, our deepest longing is for God. At the centre of our hearts, beneath all the other desires and yearnings, there exists this persistent and intense longing to know God in our lives. We should not be surprised. We have been made by love, in love, to love. We are divinely designed for divine connection. God has made for himself, as Augustine once said, and our hearts will always be restless until they find their rest in God. Read Psalm 63:1–2 to catch a glimpse of our restless and yearning hearts. This deepest longing is our bus-ticket home.
DAILY PRACTICE:
Pray your daily prayer request. Place your hand over your heart, feel your heartbeat and pray these simple words: “Lord, rekindle my longing for you.” You may find it helpful to pray these words a few times in your quiet time today, allowing some silence in between each time, so that they can spend time simply resting in your longing for God. Breathe in the love of God that surrounds us.