Psalms 63:1. O God, thou art my God;
Everything else has gone, but thou art my God. There are gods of the heathen, but thou, the true and real Jehovah, art my God. Oh, what a blessed thing it is to take a firm grip of God after this fashion, " O God, thou art my God."
Psalms 63:1. Early will I seek thee:
" Oh," says one, " why did he seek God if God was his?" Would you have him seek another man’s God, then? No; it is because he is ours that we seek him and desire his company. If thou knowest God to be thy God thou will not be satisfied unless thou art living near him. " Early will I seek thee." I will not wait. I cannot wait. I cannot tarry. I must not tarry. Early will I seek thee.
Psalms 63:1. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Thirst is one of the strongest longings of our nature. Hunger you can appease for a while, but thirst is awful. There is no staying that. When it is once upon a man he must have water or die. " My soul thirsteth for thee. My flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is." No means of grace; nothing to help me; no believers round about me; left alone thirsting for my God. And yet it is so precious a thing, so sure a mark of grace to thirst for God anywhere that one may be thankful even to be in a dry and thirsty land if one possesses a true thirst after God.
Psalms 63:1. O God, thou art my God;
Everything else has gone, but thou art my God. There are gods of the heathen, but thou, the true and real Jehovah, art my God. Oh, what a blessed thing it is to take a firm grip of God after this fashion, " O God, thou art my God."
Psalms 63:1. Early will I seek thee:
" Oh," says one, " why did he seek God if God was his?" Would you have him seek another man’s God, then? No; it is because he is ours that we seek him and desire his company. If thou knowest God to be thy God thou will not be satisfied unless thou art living near him. " Early will I seek thee." I will not wait. I cannot wait. I cannot tarry. I must not tarry. Early will I seek thee.
Psalms 63:1. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Thirst is one of the strongest longings of our nature. Hunger you can appease for a while, but thirst is awful. There is no staying that. When it is once upon a man he must have water or die. " My soul thirsteth for thee. My flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is." No means of grace; nothing to help me; no believers round about me; left alone thirsting for my God. And yet it is so precious a thing, so sure a mark of grace to thirst for God anywhere that one may be thankful even to be in a dry and thirsty land if one possesses a true thirst after God.