The Psalms give us language for our heart's longings and for our own prayers. There is a tremendous difference, though, between saying the right words and living fully the power of those words. God isn't interested in giving us a quick fix. He wants to restore us completely.
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We are listening to Psalms 42-431, the beginning of Book 2 in the Psalms. The opening words are probably familiar: "As a deer pants for water, so my soul pants for you." But our desire is often not enough to get us into God's presence. We may long to worship him freely with God's people and we cannot, either due to sickness or we are far from our spiritual home or another reason. Besides that, we learn that haters are mocking and undermining faith in God and it leads our psalmist deeper into depression.
Using the image of water in many different forms, we go on a journey with the psalmist. He repeats the same refrain three times, but it means very different things as he tries to lift himself out of his despair remembering times of earlier communion with God. It doesn't work. Finally he turns to God in prayer and praise and things shift.
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