Main thought: This is a psalm for the person who is separated from God’s sanctuary. When we are away from church services, we thirst for it like a weary traveler. But God has not abandoned us and we pray His grace and read His word while we seek a reunion with our brothers and sisters in the sanctuary.
Psalm 63:1–7
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.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
when I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
Prayer
Thanks be to You, our most merciful Father in heaven, for the Word of Your Gospel, which is able to save the soul. Grant Your saving truth to them that have it not, and cause Your light to shine on the nations sitting in the darkness of idolatry. Through Your Word draw us to Your Son, that we may have life in Him. Amen.
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