Where The Wild Things Are

 

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.

            Psalm 63. 1

(This psalm was written by David,

when he was in the wilderness,

   being pursued by his foes.

It was there

   in that most unlikely place

that he did not

     experience God's absence,

but in those dire circumstances,

he realized his need for God

and the reality of

   God's Presence with him.

The wilderness is never

     a God-forsaken place,

not to somehow earn God's favor,

   or learn some kind of lesson,

             but to yearn for Him.

These desperate situations

    equipped David

             for what was ahead.

And what is God forming in us

         through our difficulty?

It is not even that

   God meets us

         where the wild things are,

but we realize He has been

       with us all along.

God reveals His wonders there.

God reveals Himself.)

O LORD,

We are hungry.

We are thirsty.

We are weary of this

        dry spell,

    wild beasts,

      rocky road,

and long-distance loneliness.

Help us to not just believe

           but to know

that You are with us

and You are

                  in this.

Please make us aware

    of the wonders here

hiding under every rock,

around the next turn,

and emblazoned in

      the sunrise,

that pushes back the darkness.