Psalm 63 Joy
in the Fellowship of God
A
Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
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.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
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.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
6 When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
I meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
V.1 May your footprints lead
you to a place of personal fellowship with God where you daily find yourself
declaring, “YOU ARE MY GOD!” May you
MAKE FOOTPRINTS early in the morning searching to spend time with God! Often after practice we are thirsty and
hungry and we dash to water and food!
May our footprints be found in a dry and thirsty land! May our footprints declare that NOTHING in
this world will ever SATISFY us the way God does! May our footprints lead us to a place where
HE ALONE quenches our thirst! May our
footprints lead us to a place where He alone FILLS OUR HUNGER! May we have eyes to recognize times in life
where our footprints have went/are going to a place where there is no thirst or
hunger for God! May we turn around and
make new footprints back to the dry and thirsty land where only God satisfies
us!
V.2 A sanctuary is a place “set apart.” May you have a place/time in your daily life
where your footprints are found going to your sanctuary! A place set apart with no distractions! No interruptions! No people!
No phones! Nothing to take your
mind off your time with God! May your
footprints stay there for a little while!
May your footprints become knee prints as you set aside time in your
busy life to kneel and declare you’re a deep
Love and longing for His power and His glory!
v.3 May your footprints be at a standstill
everywhere you go! Footprints that have
stopped moving! Footprints that are
standing in awe and praise to God because you are experiencing His loving
kindness that is better than life!
V.4-5 May your footprints become handprints lifted
high in praises as you bless the Name of
The Lord! May every detail of
your life reflect your satisfaction in the LORD. May you recognize people, movies, songs,
pictures, time, social media, “likes”, self-centered thinking, and other
desires that do not reflect a satisfaction in the Lord but rather a desire to
satisfy self! A desire to be affirmed or
applauded by others.
V.6 May our footprints lead
us to our resting place and may you be found remembering the Lord in your
day. May you meditate on Him and His
Word. Think deep, think long, conquer
the battle of mind wondering. Win the
battle of thinking about people, places, things, drama, etc and be captivated
by dwelling on the Lord! If you find
yourself constantly upset at a person or situation, often you need to forgive
that person and even go talk to them.
Don’t let that person steal precious time of meditating on the LORD.
V.7 May your footprints find you experiencing
God’s help. But where would that
be? Where is the “Shadow of His wings?” Think about it………ponder. His shadow is right next to Him! When you and I deal with all our sin, and run
to Him declaring “You are my God” we can find ourselves in His Shadow beneath
His wings! The challenge is, do the
words of our lips agree with what we really want? “You are my God” is a declaration that we
want God to be the supreme authority of every detail of our lives! We are declaring that we want Him to have the
say so (from His Word) to our every thought and decision! We are declaring that He has the freedom to
reveal any area of our lives that we are NOT allowing Him to be the “God”
of! Is there an area of your life that’s
all about you? Is there an area that you
say “well that’s just how I am……compared to ________ _________ I’m doing a lot better…..
etc) Our flesh can find unlimited
excuses to justify why we are doing what we are doing or thinking the way we
are thinking. We can even convince
ourselves that it’s not really sin. But
if we ignore these areas of our lives, can we really declare “You are my God” and mean it? Can we still find ourselves REJOICING
(experiencing God’s JOY) in the Shadow of His wings???? Read verse 7 again. Can my sin dwell in the presence of God? Wouldn’t it be easier to give it all to Him
and declare Him the God of every detail of our lives and yearn for Him to
reveal any darkness He sees so we can be cleansed!?
V.8 Then as God moves, may our footprints move
and FOLLOW close behind Him upheld by His strength that never grows weary!
Ahhh, what a set of Footprints
worth following!
