“Thirsting” for God
“I thirst! I thirst! I thirst!”. Upon reflecting on Psalm forty-two, one of the books written about a world renowned great woman who was awarded the Noble Peace prize came into mind. She is non other then Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In that book it states that she was inspired and in awe of these words, “I thirst!”. These very words she wrote on the wall of her room below a painted cross.
In these words, she saw Christ’s thirst for justice, peace, compassion and love where there is a lack of it. She saw the Lord thirsting for love especially in those who are suffering in poverty, sickness, pain, lack of love and in those who are abandoned.
Another dimension is her thirst for God that is to have an intimate relationship with Him. Although being close to Him, she often felt distant from His presence.
The psalmist in psalm forty-two in the second stanza challenges us to thirst for God just as Blessed Teresa thirsted for God as it states,
“My soul is thirsting for God,
the God of my life
when can I enter and see
the face of God?”
In this day and age, we are clouded by countless commitments and are easily distracted by work, studies, entertainment, etc. As a result, we are too tired or not focused in realising that we are forgetting the presence of God in our lives, least to say thirsting for an intimate and deep relationship with Him. Apart from that, to thirst to live a life that is life-giving to others.
Let us reflect on our own lives and ask ourselves, how much do we thirst for an intimate relationship with our loving Jesus who is just waiting for us to respond to His love? How much do we thirst for a life that is life-giving to others?
As we pray and praise the Lord in the psalms this morning, let us ask the Lord for the necessary graces to truly thirst for God who is the source of life so that in turn we can be life-giving to others. Let us thirst to labour for His Kingdom.
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Stay tuned for the next post by Bro Benedict Chng on 19th Oct 2009.
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