Today’s song focus will be

As The Deer

 Psalm 42:1 (NASB95)                  

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,

So my soul pants for You, O God.

Written in 1981 while attending a summer session at Christ for the Nations

Institute in Dallas, TX, Marty Nystrom was on a quest to recover his joy. He had

been active in ministry while also teaching, but something was missing. His

roommate suggested that he go on a fast to help him recover his joy. So Marty

took the challenge and on the nineteenth day of his fast, he found himself sitting

at a piano, playing some chord progressions when he looked over and saw a

Bible on a music stand that was opened to Psalm 42. After reading through the

passage, he began to sing its message. The song was finished in a matter of

minutes:

 As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longeth after Thee

You alone are my hearts desire and I long to worship Thee.

We need to wake up and renew our hunger and thirst for more of God. It is not

something that anyone else can do for you. Just like you can lead a horse to water,

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As The Deer