My Soul Thirsteth

The Flame

David names both soul and flesh here, thirsteth, longeth, comprehensive longing, not merely spiritual or intellectual interest, but embodied, whole-person desire, worth noticing as this psalm’s own picture of what genuinely kindled love actually, fully involves, not partial but comprehensive across the whole person.

Notice early will I seek thee, deliberate timing named directly, not casual, whenever-convenient pursuit, but early, prioritized, first, the actual ordering this psalm assumes genuine seeking requires, worth examining against however much your own seeking has been relegated to whatever time happens to remain after other priorities.

Notice also in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is, this longing described within genuinely difficult, unsatisfying circumstances, not produced by comfortable abundance but persisting, genuinely, through actual dryness, worth trusting as available in whatever dry season your own current circumstances actually represent.

Whatever dry and thirsty land currently describes your own actual circumstances, receive today David’s own example, early will I seek thee, my soul thirsteth, comprehensive, prioritized, genuine longing, available even here, in this actual dryness, not requiring comfortable abundance before genuine seeking can actually begin.