THANKFUL

Chatting with Jesus
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Lord, as Christ-followers, we must ask ourselves, where do our priorities lie? Are they aligned with your will? Do our activities satisfy our desires, or do our wants leave us dry and wanting more? Perhaps the psalmist faced similar situations when he wrote, “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God” (Psalm 42:2).

Lord, it seems our humanity’s default is to look everywhere, except to you, for things that will satisfy our soul. At the snap of his fingers, the psalmist had every pleasure and luxury his heart desired. Money—meh! No problem. He enjoyed the finest of everything life offered. For a while, he relentlessly pursued the pleasures of life, but those moments vanished like a mist. What was missing? Although he knew you, his soul aimlessly drifted in a spiritual desert.

Lord, why were you silent to his prayers? Why are you silent to my prayers? At times, we feel our prayers rise no higher than the ceiling.

We unconsciously make our own “idols” from things that, in and of themselves, might not be wrong. Like the psalmist, our failure is when we prioritize our desires [idols] over your desires. Our idols relegate you to second place. Your sovereign holiness demands first place and nothing less.

Lord, nothing will satisfy our soul except having your Spirit alive within us. Like the psalmist, I tried living only for myself, but that lifestyle left me dry. Help us discard our idols and surrender to your calling. Only then will we experience the fullness of your promise:

“Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart’” (John 7:38).

Flow through me, Jesus. Amen.