Psalm 63:1 O God You are my God; Early will I seek You; My
soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land Where
there is no water.
The desire of David was to seek God early. He had a thirst for God that need to be
quenched and by setting his mind on God and His lovingkindness, David was able
to continue to praise God in spite of people trying to kill him.
I am doubtful that anyone seeing this today is worried about
someone trying to kill them unless they are serving in the military
somewhere. Yet we all have the need to
focus our minds on God early in the day that our day may be directed by
Him.
Our desire is that for those who tune in daily to “First
Word” that we might help them to focus on God and His Word. This by no means is intended to replace your
personal time in Bible Study, Prayer, and mediation, but as a supplement to
help you as you begin your day.
As David sought for God and then focused on Him here in
Psalm 63. We see that it affected what
was on his lips for he said “My lips shall praise You”. You see when we are praising God with our
lips we don’t have time to be complaining about our boss or whining about going
to work.
In verse five, He talks about the satisfaction of soul that
he finds in God and how his praise is from Joyful lips.
David’s contemplation helps him to realize that it is God
that has been upholding him (vs. 8). And
he pledges to follow close to him. In
Psalm 143:8 David says, “Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the
morning, For in You do I trust; Cause
me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.” Perhaps this is one reason we know David as a
“man after God’s own heart”, because his desire was to walk in the way God had
for him.
Our hope is that as you take the time to listen in on a
regular basis that you along with us can learn to better walk in God’s way that
you may experience God’s blessing and be encouraged in your walk of obedience.
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http://www.fbclittletonil.org/First%20Word.html
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