Sheet Music: https://www.jasonsilver.com/music/138-psalm-63 Patreon: https://jasonsilver.com/#!/donate Facebook: https://facebook.com/JasonSilverMusic iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/psalm-63-remastered/1451505125?i=1451505127 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1s3av1H8vu28LtVxYjp9yQ?highlight=spotify:track:4D8tEQbhEsjv0S6x13CSjY ----- When King David penned the lines of Psalm 63, he was in the wilderness of Judah. From that arid, desert waste, I imagine he would be more familiar with thirst than most of us ever have been. And in this state, he describes his longing as 'soul thirst,' saying that his flesh faints for God, as if God himself was life-giving water! What a model for us! Perhaps this realization, that God should be the most important focus of life, is what made David so loved by God? I also want to be a man after God's own heart. I want to behold God's power and glory! I want to know - with the kind of knowledge borne of experience - that God's steadfast love is better than life! And yet, I notice a tendency within myself to look for life-satisfaction in earthly, temporal things. I recently spoke with a young person, who described the apps on their phone as 'time-wasters.' I can identify with that, as I have also wasted time. But aside from calling into question the appropriateness of wasting time, I also see an inclination within me to look for gratification and contentment in things which never satisfy. Rather, I should go to that Well who is the source of all satisfaction; namely God himself. While escaping his enemies, David fled to the wilderness to hide, and yearned to meet with God in the holy temple. But unlike David, we don't need to long for something so out-of-reach. Now, since Christ, there is no 'sanctuary,' no 'holy of holies,' no building in which God dwells, to which we must go in order to see and feel his power. Actually, the temple of God is in each of our hearts as we make room for Him, and give Him a place to take up residence. The next time we find ourselves craving, perhaps we should put our phones, and other distractions away. Maybe we should prepare the temple of our hearts for the rich feast available to us in God. Amen ----- Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. 1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. 5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips 6 when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; 7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. 8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. 9 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth; 10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped. New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. #scripturesongs #psalm63