Orange Cravings

My wife came home yesterday with a big sack of small "cutie" oranges. They are about the size of a golf ball. They are good!! No, they are dynamite!! Small things come in good packages.

All this talk about these oranges is making me want them. Anyway, Erica during her pregnancy with Elijah had such strong cravings for oranges. She wanted anything that was even associated with oranges. She was working at the time, and so when she would get home from work at night she would ask me to either go buy oranges or orange juice. And this wasn't a one time deal. It was probably about once a week. So our house smelled nice and citrusy for about 5 to 6 months.

When the psalmist writes the words, "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God," he is talking about a craving so strong that the next words are "when can I go and meet with God?" He is craving the presence of God, that he is looking for ways to meet with Him. His cravings aren't for oranges. He isn't thinking about the next time he can see his girlfriend. He is wanting so desperately to meet with God.

We, as God's children, should be desperately seeking to meet with our Dad. A deer pants to get a drink of water. When we go without a day of food, we are hungry. When we go a day without talking and meeting with God, we should crave Him. We should have hunger or thirst pains for God.

As you go about your daily stuff over the holidays (opening presents, eating good food, watching football, etc) ask yourself these words everyday: Where can I go and meet with God?

"Come near to God and He will come near to you." James 4:8