Psalm 119:20 – Languishing
I [my soul] languish for longing
for your judgments.
What do you really want? What is your deepest desire? What is missing that makes you weary?
As I write this, I’m very tired. I’ve been busy with many things and am only writing because I committed myself to write as a spiritual discipline. This is the 20th of 176 days. That’s early to be tired.
And then I think, This is the verse. I’m languishing. But am I languishing for God’s Word?
I’m reminded of Isaiah 55:
Come for water, all who are thirsty;
Isaiah 55:1-3a (REB)
though you have no money,
come, buy grain and eat;
come, buy wine and milk,
not for money, not for a price.
Why spend your money for what is not food,
your earnings on what fails to satisfy?
Listen to me, and you will fare well,
you will enjoy the fat of the land.
Come to me and listen to my words,
hear me and you will have life.
We pursue so many things in this life, and more often than not we find dissatisfaction. We work and are weary, and live lives of hidden despair.
Perhaps it’s time to think about what will really satisfy.
Will you? Will I?
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