Does your heart pant for God? Pslam 42-44

Psalm 42:1 - "As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God."  Not everyone can say those words.   Unbelievers can't utter such a statement.  Their hearts do not "pant" for God.   The word "pant" is accompanied by the picture of a deer in the woods.  The deer is "longing" for water.  A deer naturally longs for food and water.   The Psalmist is telling us that those who believe in God should have a thirst for God.  Since unbelievers don't know God they can't thirst for Him.   It is only after we have been redeemed and reconciled to God that we can long for Him.   In fact, our longing for Him ought to be a tell-tale sign of our redemption.  We ought to have a deep desire for Him.  If we don't something is wrong with thirst-buds.   We might be drinking from another well and satisfying the flesh.  We may have lost our thirst due to some sin in our life.  In these three Psalms we see God using bad circumstances to drive us back to Him ... to restore our thirst for Him.  There is nothing that gets the thirst-buds going like a salty life.  God, sometimes, uses difficult circumstances to wet our appetite for Him; our thirst for Him.  That is what these three Psalms are about.  Does your heart pant for God?  Maybe your life circumstances are being used to drive your palette for God!