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As pants the hart for cooling streams
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.
2
Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Trust God, who will employ
His aid for thee, and change these sighs
To thankful hymns of joy.
Trust God, who will employ
His aid for thee, and change these sighs
To thankful hymns of joy.
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For Thee, my God, the living God,
My thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh, when shall I behold Thy face,
Thou Majesty Divine?
My thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh, when shall I behold Thy face,
Thou Majesty Divine?
4
God of my strength, how long shall I,
Like one forgotten, mourn,
Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed
To my oppressor’s scorn?
Like one forgotten, mourn,
Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed
To my oppressor’s scorn?
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Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
The praise of Him who is thy God,
Thy health’s eternal spring.
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
The praise of Him who is thy God,
Thy health’s eternal spring.
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Brother Lawrence has said that if our heart can in any measure come to know God, it can do so only through love. He also said that the pleasures of man’s heart are different from his sentiments. The proper outlet of sentiments is love, and the object of love is God. Therefore, we should sing,
What e’er thou lovest, man,
That too become thou must;
God, if thou lovest God,
Dust, if thou lovest dust.
Go out, God will come in;
Die thou and let Him live;
Be not and He will be;
Wait and He’ll all things give.
O, Cross of Christ, I take thee
Into this heart of mine,
That I to my own self may die
And rise to Thy life Divine.
To bring thee to thy God,
Love takes the shortest route;
The way which knowledge leads,
Is but a roundabout.
Drive out from thee the world,
And then thy heart shall be
Filled with the love of God,
And holy like as He.
(Hymns, #477)
Love is surely the most proper outlet of sentiments. Love is not reluctant. We love God because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). The more we love Him, the more we will draw close to Him. The more we draw close to Him, the more we will know Him. The more we know Him, the more we will love Him and long after Him.
The saints of old wrote in the Psalms, “As the hart pants / After the streams of water, / So my soul pants / For You, O God” (42:1). This is the longing of those who have tasted God. One of the Lord’s children has said that God gave us a heart that is so great that only He can fill it. We perhaps thought that our heart was small, but those who have tasted God will testify that the heart is so big that it cannot be filled by anything less than God Himself. Only God can fill our heart. Brothers and sisters, how much does your heart long after God?
The New Covenant
Chapter 2 The Characteristics
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Burlington, MA, United States
PANTING FOR GOD
Psalm 42:1 As the hart pants / After the streams of water, / So my soul pants / For You, O God.
Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, / For the living God. / When will I come and appear / Before God?
“In this psalm the psalmist was panting and thirsting (v. 2) for God at a time when he and his people had been stripped and defeated by the neighboring nations and were in captivity .
Panting and thirsting for God are different from worshipping God in a formal, religious way.
God is our living water for us to drink (John 4:10, 14; 7:37-39a; 1 Cor. 12:13). We need to pant and thirst for Him and to drink Him. ”
Shreveport, LA, United States
Thank You, Lord, for the descriptions of my heart.
“As pants the hart for cooling streams
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace. ”
Hagerstown, MD, United States
says: Yea and all that will Godly in this world shall suffer persecution, plus; “Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. ”
Happily and humbly, I submit; in Jesus’s name, bc; i’m saved and sanctified the Bible way, he’s my elder brother and his Father is my Father ~sisteregina k
🌺:).
Hence, although Psalm 119 has much to say about the law, it does not speak about the law from the perspective of doctrine, but from the viewpoint of spiritual experience. This psalm was written by one who dealt with the law in the way of enjoyment. In this message and in the next, we shall look into Psalm 119 to consider how the Old Testament seekers of God enjoyed His law. Life study of Exodus Message 55.
Tucson, Arizona, United States
I have just learned about downloading the accompaniment. How excellent!
Tucson, Arizona, United States
I am interested in finding the full piano score for As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams. The tune is attributed to Hugh Wilson, but I really like the version on hymnal.net.
Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
What a spring of HOPE!
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Never ceases to give me chills.
Always a comfort.
Accra, Gtreater Accra, Ghana
Wonderful piece. Soul-soothing. God bless the author.