Devotionals

Craving You

by Gail Davis
11/13/19
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There's a craving in my soul,

A cry comes out from me

To meet You in this day

To connect deep to deep.

This yearning deep within

Assuaged it cannot be

By trifling songs and mere deeds,

By thoughts without You I see.

This desire within my soul

Bubbles, gushes uncontained

As praise and worship I sing

For only You worship should aim.

This overflowing fountain,

This ecstasy within me

Draws me ever closer

To the Savior of whom I sing.

No force can pull me away 

From God's love that draws me in.

No sin can separate me

From His presence in which I live.

Though death, pain, persecution

Try to draw me away from Him,

God's strong arms, Jesus' love, 

No, nothing, can take me from Him.

Neither height nor width nor breadth 

Can keep me away from God;

Neither demons, powers, no, nothing

Will quench my love, nothing at all.

This craving for His presence

To meet Him face to face

Ends not with Sunday service,

But continues day to day.

A keenly desired communion,

A humbling within my soul

To come before gracious God

The true lover of my soul.

No act or words can express

The depth of love o'erwhelming me.

No thoughts or exclamations

Make my love of Him plainly seen.

This life God has given me

Is all I can give to Him;

To Him I offer all I am 

For it's what means most to me.

This craving deep in my soul

To be with You each new day

Calls within as deep to deep

Beckoning me to stay.

Worshiping, praising, communing

As offering up to You,

Closer to You my heart yearns 

The utmost, I give my whole self, too.

Fin'ly the craving to draw near,

It's impulse to closer be,

Is fulfilled with greatest gift

My self to You - Deep to Deep.

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of His resurrection and the participation in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death.  (Philippians 3:10 [NIV])

’Let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,’ declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24 [NIV])

 ‘I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plants to give you a hope and future. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ declares the LORD, ‘and will bring you back from captivity.’ (Jeremiah 29:11-14 [NIV])