“Because Your Love Is Better Than Life Is” – Psalm 63

June 11, 2023 by Andrew Forrest in Bible

Psalm 63

1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
    my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
    as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding your power and glory.
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
    in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
    and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
6 when I remember you upon my bed,
    and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
7 for you have been my help,
    and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
8 My soul clings to you;
    your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who seek to destroy my life
    shall go down into the depths of the earth;
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
    they shall be a portion for jackals.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
    all who swear by him shall exult,
    for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

“Lord, thou hast put salt on our lips that we might thirst for thee.”

All good things come from God, and only God will truly satisfy.

The reason you can never be permanently happy in this world is because you weren’t made for this world; you were made to enjoy the presence of God forever.

Psalm 63 is a beautiful psalm about a thirst that only God can satisfy.

I love this version of Psalm 63 from Shane and Shane.

Happy Sunday, everyone.

Why Should I Fear? - Psalm 27

May 06, 2023 by Andrew Forrest in Bible

Psalm 27

Of David.
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evildoers assail me
    to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.
3 Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
    yet I will be confident.
4 One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire in his temple.
5 For he will hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will lift me high upon a rock.
6 And now my head shall be lifted up
    above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
    sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
8 You have said, “Seek my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
9     Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
    O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
    O God of my salvation!
10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will take me in.
11 Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on a level path
    because of my enemies.
12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
    for false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they breathe out violence.
13 I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord
    in the land of the living!
14 Wait for the Lord;
    be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

Amen.

Take 5 minutes to sit still, breathe, and listen to “Psalm 27 (One Thing)” by Shane and Shane:

More Than The Watchmen - Psalm 130

August 20, 2020 by Andrew Forrest in Bible

I took this picture of my son this summer; it’s from Monomoy Island, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA.

Cape Cod has historically been a ships’ graveyard because of its treacherous shoals and currents, and just beyond view at the left of the picture is Chatham Light, which flashes forth day and night to warn ships of approaching danger.

Can you imagine being the lookout on a ship in the black of night, scanning the horizon for the light, desperate to know if you are approaching an unseen, underwater danger?

Can you imagine how desperate you’d be for dawn to come?

In the ancient times, watchmen kept watch on the city’s walls, ready to sound the alarm and rouse the city at the sight of approaching danger.

How desperate must the watchmen have felt in the midnight watches for dawn to come?

This is the image the psalmist plays with in Psalm 130:

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
    and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
    more than watchmen for the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

“More than watchmen wait for the morning, so desperate is my soul for the Lord.”

What if the people of God across our country felt that kind of desperation today for the Holy Spirit to work in our lives and communities?

P.P.S. I’ve always liked this praise song from 20 years ago, and I really like the Shane and Shane version that they recently released.

“Lord, I’m desperate for you….”

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Salt on Our Lips [Psalm 63]

June 14, 2020 by Andrew Forrest in Bible