Meet James Romero

Soon to be king, David fled in fear to the wilderness of Judah where he was alone. The first verse of the psalm tells us what our soul's condition must be each day that we may have life. You see, until 2012, I was not only drinking sewage water, I was drinking it heavily. I was satisfying my flesh with all the false treasures of this world, believing that they were giving me life. In reality, I was traveling farther and deeper into the desert with the wrong canteen.

The Lord, being gracious and merciful, showed me what I was drinking and saved me. He showed me the well I should be drinking from; the well that is not only life-giving, but the one that never runs out. When He showed this to me, my life changed. My soul and my flesh from that point were revived, and I began immediately to see the goodness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We see the praise and worship from David in this psalm. Treasuring God's unconditional love more than life itself (verse 3), David will praise the Lord continually. Throughout this psalm, I am constantly reminded that I must seek after the Lord with intention, effort, purpose, and sincerity. I must remember that each day when I wake up. I pray to the Lord to give my soul and flesh the hunger and desire to know Him, to see how good He is, and to pursue Him in a world that can feel like a desert.

Over these last four-and-a-half years, I have seen days and periods when I have not earnestly desired everything that God gives and have suffered through where that takes me. But the invitation to satisfy that thirst and longing with God is free. Isaiah 55:1 says: “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." We can only be satisfied and fulfilled with God; seek Him earnestly, and He promises to fill you.