I am in an experiment to show (myself primarily) that a person can put God first, seek first his kingdom, and spend time with God daily. The experiment seeks to show that if a person does put God first then not only will a crazy job and life not fall apart- it will thrive.
Bible Passage:
Psalm 63 - this is what spoke to me in my Psalm of the day:
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.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.(NKJV)
Psalm 63 was really good today- I recommend reading the whole thing. I pulled out verse 1 and 2 to focus on today. The Psalm starts off with a prayer to God. David is apparently in the wilderness of Judah at this time avoiding capture and death by the jealous King of Israel whose name was King Saul. David starts off talking about seeking God early but then he goes right into being thirsty. No doubt David had no problem understanding thirst while being in the wilderness!
Thirst was a good description for David at that time of his desire for more of God. David noted that although he desired the water that came from God - it was not to be found in the land. I think sometimes we stay in the wilderness of this world where there is no life-giving water of God and we are puzzled why we are dry in our prayer life and in our walk with God. We are thirsty for Him but we can't get any water - we can't seem to feel close to God or hear from God.
David was thirsty for God too- he notes in verse 2 that since he was thirsty for God he went and looked for God "in the sanctuary". Certainly the sanctuary David had available to him when hiding from his enemies in the wilderness might have simply been a cave where he could pray, worship the Lord, and pull out a scroll of the Old Testament he could read.
We too have to create a sanctuary- we have to be intentional. We have to go where the life is. We can't continue to live in this world and fill our cups with the dry dust of this world's dead streams and expect our thirst for God to be quenched. Do we want the clear, cold, splashy life that comes from the presence of God? We must go to where He is- in the sanctuary!
In this Psalm David was in a difficult place to seek the Lord. He was hiding from King Saul, probably on the move a great deal, and under stress. David chose to stop in the middle of that time, early in the morning it said in verse 1, and put God first. He created a sanctuary of prayer and seeking somewhere... then in that dry and thirsty land... the refreshing, cold springs of God's presence arose out of nowhere.
You are thirsty for God but you are very busy, believe me I understand that. Architect a lifestyle to allow time for prayer and his Word. When you do, you too will find that the clear, cold, life-giving springs of God's presence will come wash you, fill you, and refresh you.
Let's GO together today God! Help us!
All scriptures quoted in the New King James Version (NKJV) of the Bible which is Copyrighted by Thomas Nelson. Scriptures obtained from www.biblegateway.com
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