Water for the Weary | Psalm 63:1
David Mourning the Death of Absalom | Gustave Dore (1832-1883) O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Desperation takes prominence in life more often than we might see or want to admit. Our external circumstances of material comfort or relational safety may shield us for a time, but the distance between our parched souls and a feeling of personal wholeness and satiation is always lurking just beneath the surface of what we portray to the outside world. Perhaps surprisingly, this is no different for one who has become an adopted child of God. Here, David reveals desperation as he figuratively “seeks” his God and “thirsts” and “faints” for his presence. But more than figuratively, it reveals David’s actual desperation for God’s presence while also desiring his justice and protection as he flees those who want him dead (Ps. 63:9-11), enemies not from nations antagonis