Desire for the Lord

¹ Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
²     Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
    to my cry for mercy.

³ If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?
⁴ But with you there is forgiveness,
    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

⁵ I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
    and in his word I put my hope.
⁶ I wait for the Lord
    more than watchmen wait for the morning,
    more than watchmen wait for the morning.

⁷ Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
    for with the Lord is unfailing love
    and with him is full redemption.
⁸ He himself will redeem Israel
    from all their sins.

 As i read this passage, i wonder what is our desire for the Lord. Is our desire still great? Do we still desire the Lord? The Psalmist says 
"Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord"

How many times we reach that level, out of my depths I cry to you?

Where is our desire for the Lord? lost? 

I admit that desire for the Lord is something that we always need to keep in view. Something that we should keep in check, keep in mind. 

Is our desire for the Lord at the same level as the watchmen? 

No? Then we need to find it, we need to review it and search ourselves. What is taking our time away from the Lord. WHat is taking our desire away from the Lord. There is something that captures our attention and what is it? Is it ourselves?

¹ Lord, remember David
    and all his self-denial.

² He swore an oath to the Lord,
    he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
³ “I will not enter my house
    or go to my bed,
⁴ I will allow no sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵ till I find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Like David, he denied himself to find the Lord. We should deny ourselves too. Fast and pray?