SEEKING THE FATHER

I’ve been dealing with a foot injury for several months, and I’ve had to limit my time surfing because of it. As it started to heal up more and more, I decided a little surf wouldn’t hurt it… I knew as soon as I got out of the water and started walking back to my truck that I was going to be paying for this session… and the worst part was we were going to have waves all week!

I sat at the beach the next day, filming some buddies, thinking, “I should be surfing right now. This is ridiculous!!” As every surfer feels, when you miss a swell, you have this crazy desire to be in the water, doing what you love most. As I enviously watched them (but still got pretty good clips of them), I started thinking, “Man… When was the last time I yearned for The Father, the same way I yearned to be in the water surfing?” I can tell you, it’s been quite a while. 

Maybe it’s because The Father has never been “taken away from me,” unlike surfing has been these past several months. Or maybe it’s because I’ve just grown accustomed to Him always being there. No matter the reason, as I watched my buddies surf, I started to pray, “Father, put a yearning in my heart for you, like I yearn to be in the water right now.” 

May we yearn for nothing more than we yearn for The Father.

Psalm 42:1: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.”