40 Days Praying the PSALMS
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40 Days Praying the PSALMS
Day 34 | WHAT TO DO IN THE WILDERNESS
40 Days Praying the PSALMS
Day 34 | WHAT TO DO IN THE WILDERNESS
WHAT TO DO IN THE WILDERNESS
Psalm 63:1-4
“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. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.”
David wrote this when he was in the wilderness of Judah, either when running from Saul or perhaps Absalom.
Things we can learn from this psalm include that David sought to start each day with his LORD. “Early will I seek You.”
Have you ever gotten up “on the wrong side of the bed”?
David certainly could have done that while running in the desert, but instead, and because he has established the HABIT of praising God, he takes control of his feelings and focuses them on the Lord God and not on his problems.
These verses are all about praising the LORD. Look at how David tells the LORD how he desires Him; his soul and flesh long for Him even amid dry, thirsty land. And aren’t we all today, with the world as it is, in a dry-thirsty land?
And then David reminds God – and really himself – about God’s sanctuary and His power and glory.
Then David shows that he values God’s loving kindness better than life itself and thus says his lips will PRAISE God and bless His name.
Finally, David says: “I will lift up my hands unto Your name.”
What can we learn – and possibly apply – from this psalm? That David starts his day by praising God, He tells God about recognition of His power and glory and lovingkindness. And that he intends to praise and bless the name of the Lord for as long as he lives.
No wonder David so loved God – and God so loved David.
Prayer: LORD, I praise You, I worship You, I bless Your holy name! Thank You for being my Lord, my God, and my Savior. Amen.
Psalm 63:1-4
“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. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.”
David wrote this when he was in the wilderness of Judah, either when running from Saul or perhaps Absalom.
Things we can learn from this psalm include that David sought to start each day with his LORD. “Early will I seek You.”
Have you ever gotten up “on the wrong side of the bed”?
David certainly could have done that while running in the desert, but instead, and because he has established the HABIT of praising God, he takes control of his feelings and focuses them on the Lord God and not on his problems.
These verses are all about praising the LORD. Look at how David tells the LORD how he desires Him; his soul and flesh long for Him even amid dry, thirsty land. And aren’t we all today, with the world as it is, in a dry-thirsty land?
And then David reminds God – and really himself – about God’s sanctuary and His power and glory.
Then David shows that he values God’s loving kindness better than life itself and thus says his lips will PRAISE God and bless His name.
Finally, David says: “I will lift up my hands unto Your name.”
What can we learn – and possibly apply – from this psalm? That David starts his day by praising God, He tells God about recognition of His power and glory and lovingkindness. And that he intends to praise and bless the name of the Lord for as long as he lives.
No wonder David so loved God – and God so loved David.
Prayer: LORD, I praise You, I worship You, I bless Your holy name! Thank You for being my Lord, my God, and my Savior. Amen.
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