Devotion
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The Wisdom of God: Part 96
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
May 12, 2026
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As the deer pants (longs for) for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Psalm 42:1-6
As the deer pants (longs for) for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Psalm 42:1-6
A psalm for someone who is separated from God by either drifting away or maybe even falling away. Separation from God causes a believer to become depressed, and their soul begins to long for God's presence! Thirsting for the water of life!
Death, divorce, or sickness can cause us to be separated from the only One who can help us. The danger is the enemy torments us, saying, "Where is your God?" Fear, doubt, and unbelief flood our souls, bringing about hopelessness and despair that sometimes leads even to suicide!
If this has happened to you, give praise to God. He hasn't left you; you left Him, and He is just a breath away! Cry out to Him and ask for His Holy Spirit to come and bring about healing and deliverance. Allow the washing of the word to cleanse you and quench your thirsty spirit.
Therefore, I will remember You from the land of the Jordan, and from the heights of Hermon, from the Hill Mizar. Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me. The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life. I will say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” As with a breaking of my bones, my enemies reproach me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 42:6-11
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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