Psalms
(The Bible)
A soul that pants after God like that of the writer of Psalm 42 is a soul that freely acknowledges that it cannot do without God just as, for instance, a human body cannot do without water. The implication is that anyone who actually thinks that he or she can do without God may be spiritually dead. A person who is spiritually dead is one who is a stranger to the things of God, oblivious to the ways of God and whose spiritual antennae are non-existent. For example, a human body will pant after water only if the owner of that body is alive. Likewise, the soul of a godly man or woman must necessarily pant after God because that person is spiritually alive. In such a relationship, there are no ulterior motives as it is like a relationship between two lovers where one feeds on the presence of the other.
However, even as the Psalmist seeks God here, it appears something is not totally right. It is as if God is hiding His face from the writer which has prompted his enemies to start jeering him. He says, ' As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me.........' What makes it even more painful is that these jeering detractors identifies him with God having seen him hobnob with the people of God and worship with them. As a result, discouragement is beginning to set in. However, he refuses to give in to discouragement even as he continues praying believing in the goodness of God, the faithfulness of God and the power of God. He bravely encourages himself, admonishing himself to keep on trusting God and that all will be well. Even though the writer is mired in distress, he states that he lives in the conviction of a better tomorrow when God Himself will turn things around.
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