I’m just back from my lunch meal at Subway, where I read twice “FEED YOUR THIRST”. Subway is not very far from  our place. I am in the possession of a Super Gold  card, issued by the New Zealand Government, and I receive a free hot drink with my meal. If I remember correctly, a hot drink is $2.60.

It seems that people don’t need much encouragement to feed their thirst. They are eager to do so. People are even going so far, that they are abusing the refill policy and the owner has to put up a sign that says that there are no more refills available. That happened at the beginning of March this year here in Kaitaia.

Have you ever been thirsty? Coal miners, who are working for eight hours 800 metres under the earth can get very thirsty, if they forget to take a  bottle of water with them.

Have you ever been thirsty for God? Are you thirsty for God now? I am asking myself now the question. How thirsty am I for God?

The writer of Psalm 42 in the Bible is thirsty for God. He says so at the very beginning of his psalm. His own words are, “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” (Psalm 42:1)  In the first verse of the same psalm he writes, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.” ( Psalm 42:1)

In verse two – Psalm 42:2 –  he cries out:

“WHEN CAN I GO AND MEET WITH GOD?”

WHAT IS OUR CRY?