Psalms 63:1. O God, thou art my God;
The psalmist has no doubt about this great fact, he does not hesitate or falter, but he makes the positive assertion, "O God, thou art my El, my mighty God, strong to deliver me." In the sixty-second Psalm, he had finished up with the power of God: "God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God." So he begins this new song with the great name El, which expresses the might and power of God: "O God, thou art my El, my mighty God;"
Psalms 63:1. Early will I seek thee:
People in the wilderness have hard beds to lie on, and they sleep all the fewer hours. David was up in the morning early, and he began the day with prayer to God: "Early will I seek thee." "While the dew is on the grass, the dew of the Spirit shall be upon my soul." He means also, "I will seek thee at once, immediately, now, without delay." But how could he seek the God who was already his God? "Thou art my God; early will I seek thee." Brethren, nobody ever seeks another man’s God. Till God is your God, you will not want to seek him; and when you have him, you will seek him yet more and more.
Psalms 63:1. My soul thirsteth for thee,
He had a strong passion for God. There is, sometimes, an unbearable, insatiable pang of the body, which you cannot forget; and David had an insatiable longing of soul, which nothing could make him forget: "My soul thirsteth for thee."
Psalms 63:1. My flesh longeth for thee-
Even his flesh, his body-not his carnal nature,-but his body mastered by his soul, was caused to yield its little help towards the making of this verse: "My flesh longeth for thee-
Psalms 63:1. In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
And this world is just like that. To the most of Christians, the six days of the week take them through the wilderness, and the Sabbath brings them to an oasis in the desert, an Elim, a place where there are wells of living water. But oh! what longings they have after God! What did David want when he was in the wilderness?
Psalms 63:1. O God, thou art my God;
The psalmist has no doubt about this great fact, he does not hesitate or falter, but he makes the positive assertion, "O God, thou art my El, my mighty God, strong to deliver me." In the sixty-second Psalm, he had finished up with the power of God: "God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God." So he begins this new song with the great name El, which expresses the might and power of God: "O God, thou art my El, my mighty God;"
Psalms 63:1. Early will I seek thee:
People in the wilderness have hard beds to lie on, and they sleep all the fewer hours. David was up in the morning early, and he began the day with prayer to God: "Early will I seek thee." "While the dew is on the grass, the dew of the Spirit shall be upon my soul." He means also, "I will seek thee at once, immediately, now, without delay." But how could he seek the God who was already his God? "Thou art my God; early will I seek thee." Brethren, nobody ever seeks another man’s God. Till God is your God, you will not want to seek him; and when you have him, you will seek him yet more and more.
Psalms 63:1. My soul thirsteth for thee,
He had a strong passion for God. There is, sometimes, an unbearable, insatiable pang of the body, which you cannot forget; and David had an insatiable longing of soul, which nothing could make him forget: "My soul thirsteth for thee."
Psalms 63:1. My flesh longeth for thee-
Even his flesh, his body-not his carnal nature,-but his body mastered by his soul, was caused to yield its little help towards the making of this verse: "My flesh longeth for thee-
Psalms 63:1. In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
And this world is just like that. To the most of Christians, the six days of the week take them through the wilderness, and the Sabbath brings them to an oasis in the desert, an Elim, a place where there are wells of living water. But oh! what longings they have after God! What did David want when he was in the wilderness?