DCLM Sincere Milk 31 July 2025 — Bible Animal – Deer

Topic: Bible Animal – Deer

Text: Psalm 42:1-4

1(To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Key Verse: “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” Psalm 42:1

Message

The deer is a large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves. The male usually has antlers (wide horns like branches). The female is called a hind or a doe and the male a stag or bucks. Deer lives mainly in forests but may be found in deserts, swamps and on mountain side. They are native to Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Northern Africa. They typically have a compact body, short tail, and long slender ears. They shed their antlers each year and new ones grow in. The male deer is known as a hart. Deers feed on grass, twigs, bark and shoots of trees. They are hunted for their meat, hides and antler.

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In Bible times, deers were game animals (edible meat). They are often admired for their strength and grace even in difficult environment. Also, when they sense danger, they are able to run swiftly. In a desert place, the deer will often travel long distances to find water. Beautiful, graceful, swift and sure-footed, the deer is often used in the Bible to portray personal and spiritual qualities. Psalm 42:1 presents a clear picture of the natural desire human beings, should have for God.

The deer’s simple, single-minded desire to have its thirst quenched points to what ought to always be true in our relationship with God. We ought to always long to be satisfied in Him. This desire and longing start when we repent and turn away from our bad ways. Then pray that Jesus will come into your heart to reign and rule as your personal Saviour and Lord. Thereafter, you must seek to continue in fellowship with Christ through daily devotion. Your devotion includes consistent prayer, reading and meditating on God’s word.

Further Reading: Psalm 119:131

Prayer for today: Oh Lord, let my heart continually pant after You.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)