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Day 160, or June the 9th. True worship from believers. Our thoughts today are rooted in

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Psalm 42, verse 1. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

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Now the big picture surrounding this verse. The group of Psalms 42 to 48 are all, with

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one exception, attributed to the sons of Korah, who are listed in one chronicles as musicians

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who served in the temple. This means that they lived and worshipped after David had

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died and was succeeded by Solomon. These Psalms would have been written to further expand

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the considerable number of scrolls already written by David. Perhaps the first example

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of God's people singing traditional hymns supplemented by some modern one.

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And now to day's action step. We used to have a small dog who was very fussy about

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which water she drank. She could be really panting, but when presented with a bowl of

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water would sniff and then refuse to drink any of it. One day, however, I remember carrying

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her in a garden centre, because she had decided she had had enough of walking. She was panting

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heavily and there were no bowls, so I cupped my hand and filled it from a water fountain,

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and she lapped my hand dry—twice. She was really thirsty, and it dawned on me that's

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how thirsty we should be for time with God. This convicts me personally, because I am

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not always that thirsty. Are you? I believe it's all a matter of preparation, and we

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tend to rush into a meeting or into a house group or even our own quiet time with little

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appreciation that God is meeting with us. Why not try today to remember how reliant

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we are on God, and whenever we see a fountain or running stream or even rain pattering on

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a window, ask ourselves if we are as thirsty for God as a deer at streams of water, or

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even a small dog being carried in a garden centre.