In this Psalm, good old Dave is in the mist of his darkest moment. He is in the desert of Judah after he had a little affair with Bathsheba. In the first part, he is reminiscing of how he thirsted for God….and then it goes on and you can get it. What I like most about the Psalm is it is such a way that we should live our lives….always thirsting more and more for Christ.
Psalm 63
You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.
Those who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.
But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
The part that strikes me the most is verse 3. “Your unfailing love is better to me than life itself, how I praise you!
Today this was a Psalm was a good reminder for me. The love of Christ is unfailing….even better than life. It is hard to understand that sometimes for me, but then there are days were I really get it. This week I get it. This week was crazy. Not necessarily for me personally, but for three of my sisters, where there, my heart cries out to God for them. Rose, got a call early in the morning…it ended up that her dad was in a car accident. It involved 6 cars. The guy behind him rear ended him into a flat bed truck. He was instantly killed. Pray for her. God’s love is unfailing. Life is precious. It is a gift. Sheena is on a crazy journey with her dad having two tumor masses removed from his brain. He had an incredible fight though the surgery now is in the battle of brain cancer. Pray for her. God’s love is unfailing. Life is precious. It is a gift. Emily took her dad to the ER this week. He thought he was dieing. It turned out to be major anxiety attacks and stress. Pray for him. God’s love is unfailing. Life is precious. It is a gift. My heart breaks for my sisters, but I am assured and know that God’s love is unfailing. Just as it says in the Psalm, I will praise God as long as I live, where I will lift my hands in his name. I will cling to him as he holds me up with his right hand lifting up my sisters.
3 comments:
Awesome post Erin! My heart breaks for all three - man, that is hard stuff. So hard.
The only hope that we have is the best hope there is. May they feel the arms of Jesus more than ever right now.
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
~ Hebrews 4:16, NLT
This verse came in an email after I read your post...
My friend Robin from church told me a gal she went to high school with was pregnant and died two days before her due date. She was found in her bed, dead. She doesn't know if she had an annurism or if there was a sudden complication with the baby that caused it, but, how crazy is that? I don't understand how or why God does things, but...I just hope I can live my life to the fullest and please God and be ok with going whenever He sees fit--as well as being ok with my own family/friends going when He sees fit.
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