Holy Desire for God & Spiritual Growth- Reflections on Ps 62 (Bro Joseph Zhang)

Most of the time, desire is the beginning and the driving force of the things and actions that we strive for or do. If we have no desire to learn, study would become something that we are dread of; if we have no desire to win a race, we would not put much effort in the preparation; if we have no desire for a delicious meal at a certain place, we would not go all the way there to taste it.

In the same way, if we have no desire for God, we would not strive towards Him. Therefore, our desire for the knowledge of God and for the intimacy with Him is the starting point of our spiritual journey towards him. In fact, each one of us has the desire for God within as we are created for Him.

However, many a time our desire for God is choked by the thorns of worries of the world, the lure of riches and all the other passions in life. In order to break away from these obstacles and grow towards God and with God, we need to do some twists of direction in life despite the painfulness like the sunflower.



In the budding stage, the faces of most sunflowers will turn towards the east at the sunrise. Over the course of the day, they follow the sun from east to west, while at night they return to an eastward orientation. The sunflowers turn with the sun because of their desire for energy.

Our deep desire for God like that of Ps 62 will give us the patience to wait upon Him, and will give us the strengths to strive towards Him. Like the sunflowers, let our desire for God keep us turning to Him in all the days of our life.

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Stay tuned for the next post by Bro Samuel Lim on 9th Feb 2010.