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Devotional: October 13th

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I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Psalms 143:6. Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Psalms 86:4.

Thus it is written in the hearts of the pious; thus a thousand times cries every soul that loves the Lord; thus cries its whole being, without words, without any outward sound, to the invisible, yet ever-present God. He who has tasted how good He is, can no more live without Him. There is a constant longing and yearning, hunger and thirst for Him in the depths of his soul, that sometimes becomes audible and breaks forth in such psalms as David, Asaph, and other friends of the living God, have sung. Whatever they find in the world, whatever is presented to them, has no attraction for them. They have no such taste for anything else as they have for Him. They have, as some one has said, but one passion, and that is Him, only Him. Now the Lord gives Himself to them to be enjoyed by them, and they drink of the streams of eternal life that issue forth out of God’s paradise. Then He hides Himself from them, and O, they are as if cast down from heaven to hell; they feel this trial as the most intense, most scorching fire of purification, which nevertheless only calls forth a still more burning thirst for Him, and the soul longs for Him all the more deeply, and seeks His face with all the more glowing desire. They hold fast to Him in faith and do not let go of Him, no matter how He deals with them. Nothing is able to separate them from Him. Dear soul, how do you stand in regard to God? Are you thus joined together with Him? Are you thus clinging to Him? Does He not deserve it? Do you know of other things that by right you may prefer to Him? Can any love be too great for Him do too much for Him? Is there a danger that you cling too much to Him, that you long; too much for Him? I doubt it. Pardon my distrust.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,

"Behold, I freely give

The living water; thirsty one,

Stoop down and drink, and live."

I came to Jesus, and I drank

Of that life-giving stream;

My thirst was quenched, my soul revived.

And now I live in Him.

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