the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord. Psalms 25:1. Psalms 25:15. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Psalms 42:2. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. John 7:37.
If you do not find the Savior in your soul and do not feel His sacred presence, give yourself no rest until you find Him. Seek comfort nowhere else but in Him. It would be a shame if you could so easily dispense with Him without whom you can find no bliss. It would be a sin to be without Him and to cast about for another. Like God’s people in the old covenant, do not tire of seeking Him faithfully when at times He hides Himself from you. You are not forsaken by Him. He only hides Himself to test your desire and longing for Him. If you tire, if you cease to seek Him, to long for Him, you offend Him in such wise that He departs still farther from you and in such a way that you must still longer be without His blessed presence. Where is your desire, your longing for Him? Does your inner eye constantly look to Him? Does your soul thirst after Him, after the living God? Are you satisfied with a mere cold conception of God and Christ? Do you seek to detect the life and power of God and Christ in your heart? Do you strive to attain rest and quiet for your mind, to enter into the sanctuary of your soul, that you may be seen before the face of God and behold Him so far as that is possible here below? Thirst, long and yearn for Him as did David, as did Asaph; then, like they, you shall know the living God, yea, know Him in a higher degree than they knew Him.
Jesus, priceless Treasure,
Source of purest pleasure.
Truest friend to me!
Oh, how long I’ve panted.
And my heart hath fainted.
Thirsting, Lord, for Thee!
Thine I am,
Thou spotless Lamb,
I will suffer naught to hide Thee,
Naught I ask beside Thee.
