Thy Will Be Done, On Earth As It Is In Heaven - Catechism 124

When I spent the summer in Eritrea, I learned what a parched land looks like. East Africa is very similar in climate and terrain to the land that David knew. It is hot and dry and can go for months without rain. Water is precious.

When I came back to Philadelphia, my eyes were stunned by the green.

And when David refers to himself as a parched land, he is saying that God's judgment has withered him— or at the very least, God's withholding of blessing.

Because water is a blessing from God. And David longs for the living water that flows from the living God.

Psalms 42 and 63 develop this theme even more. I pant, I thirst, for the living God! And that's why David prays.

What about you? Do you thirst for the living God?