Lust is one of those words that is instantly thought of as negative because it is associated with a strong desire for something, often sexual. It is wanting something to gratify or please our flesh. When we turn those strong desires toward God they can be beneficial to our walk with Christ. It’s a prerequisite to living a life full of worship. God should be the object of our affections. Lusting after God means that we long for, crave for, and thirst for Him. I love the way David illustrated this point in Psalms 63:1, O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. His desire for God was vital to his life. God is the fulfillment in all that we need, want or desire.
It was 5:30AM and my alarm had just gone off. Instead of sleepily hitting the snooze button and rolling over to go back to sleep, I grab my phone to call my sister. As soon as my eyes had opened, I heard the words to that beautiful song Whitney Houston sung in the Preacher’s Wife, ‘I’ll hasten to His throne.’ What made that song come to my heart I don’t know but I was super excited. I felt like God was excited about my sister & I meeting Him in prayer. My sister couldn’t recall the song at the time and I definitely couldn’t sing it to her, especially with my ‘frog lady voice’ that I have most early mornings. The name of the song is “I Love the Lord” featuring the Georgia Mass Choir. It is basically about hastening or running to the throne of God when we are facing trouble and trials. We don’t have to run to His throne only when situations are bad, though. We can run to His throne just because…. Just to worship Him. Like children who rush outside when they’ve been waiting for their parents to come home; they just miss seeing their mom and dad and are glad to be in their presence again.
My heart is inditing a good matter. Those words kept coming to my mind as I listened and sang along with Israel Houghton’s My Tribute Medley.
How can I say thanks for the things you have done for me. Things so undeserved yet you gave to prove your love for me. And the voices of a million angels could not express my gratitude. All that I am and ever hope to be, I owe it all to thee.
Chorus: To God be the glory, to God be the glory, to God be the glory for the things He has done. He has done.
Just let me live my life. Let it be pleasing Lord to thee. Should I get any praise, let it go to Calvary.
How great is our God. How great is our God. How great is our God….
This scripture was the beginning of a poem that someone was writing about the King. The writer’s heart was engaged and it was bubbling over. The writer had so much love towards the king that he couldn’t really speak to express the emotions coming from his heart. He felt that by writing what he was feeling it would give greater clarity to what he was trying to say. This is understandable for me. I am a much better writer than I am a speaker.
The psalmist was describing exactly how I felt. My heart was overflowing with love for God as I repeated, “I love you so much”, over and over again.
We can all experience what the writer was expressing. God wants our hearts, our undivided attention. He wants us to crave him and be in love with Him. David said as the deer pants after the water brooks so pants my soul after God. God is so wonderful. I know that it is His love that I was feeling because His love is ‘poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit’. Isn’t it wonderful to know that He pours His love into our hearts so we can have a glimpse of how much He loves us?
I forgot about the bad report that I had received regarding my car and the repairs that I needed. It was just me lying on my bed telling God how much I love Him.
