Is your soul thirsty?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Psalm 42:2
Thirst-filling Lord,
Today we lift up all who ache for you to appear,
all who remember the days
we used to lead the procession of praise (Psalm 42:4),
all who now suffer
turmoil within
and attack from without (Psalm 42:5).
Restore their hope again,
even as they feel
“all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me” (Psalm 42:7).
At night, sing your steadfast love over them,
“a prayer to the God of my life” (Psalm 42:8).
At daybreak, remind them
that you are their rock
and that you have not forgotten them (Psalm 42:9).
Even as they feel the “deadly wound”
of adversaries taunting
or the grief of a relationship
lost to death or conflict,
remind them that because of Jesus,
the one who suffered separation from you
for the sake of our sins,
they stand in your loving presence forever.
Because of Jesus,
we shall all “Hope in God,
for we shall again praise you,
our salvation and our God.”
In Jesus’ hope-giving name. Amen.
Read Psalm 42.
