Psalms 63

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

1O 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.

2So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

3Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

4Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

6When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

7Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

8My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

9But those who seek my life, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10They shall fall by the sword; They shall be a portion for jackals.

11But the king shall rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him shall glory;

But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

David was being hunted down by his son Absalom who wanted to kill his father so he could become king. That sounds bad enough, but if you know the rest of the story; it gets a whole lot worse. Absalom's half brother Amnon rapes his sister Tamar. After David did nothing about it, Absalom kills his brother and eventually turns on his father in a wicked pursuit to become King. He even sleeps with his father's concubines in public.

In the midst of all this ugliness, David maintains his relationship with God. One of the biggest lessons I learned through this story, is that just because you get humbled once, doesn't mean you don't need to be continually humbled. I do, just sayon.....

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