Psalm 63:1-11 NIV
A song of David while David was in the Desert of Judah.
1 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.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
How often do you praise God and just give him your all regardless of your circumstances? Do you drop down on your knees and find the strength to keep living from him? Or do you look to others more often for encouragment?
David was a man after God's own heart. I think that part of the reason why his heart reflected God's so much is because he spent so much time on his knees depending on God for his day to day living. As a shepherd he depended on God to help him fight off llions and wolves, to find sheep that strayed from the flock, to protect him from the elements that he withstood while carring for his flock. This also taught him how to value each sheep in his charge individually - no one sheep is worth losing at any cost.
When King Saul sought him to kill him, he daily clung to God to deliver him and change Saul's heart, to hide him, cloth him and feed him.
Do you cling to God like that? Sometimes I do, but if I'm honest it is usually when things are desperate. It's after my other options are exhausted. It's after I have sought other people for counsel or comfort.
I love God, but I (in my lack of wisdom) tend not to put him first. I fall to temptation and fear, worry and doubt before I fall at the cross. Sometimes I do it in the right order, but I tend to find it easier in the short run to to expend the effort on a relationship I don't always understand nor control. I love Him, but He is so big and vast I sometimes make Him small, put Him in a box and forget about Him.
What a disservice to do to the Creator of the universe who sacrificed all that I may live!
Lord, that you would give us hearts like David that run after you, yearn from you and are sustained by you. Increase our communication with you. Open our ears, eyes and dreams that we might grow closer to you and hear more clearly from you. Bless us Lord with more of you. Amen.
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