even in my desert...

psalm 63: 1-8

¹ O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.² I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. ³ Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.⁴ I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. ⁵ My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.⁶ On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. ⁷ Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. ⁸ My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.


so just a quick background on this passage: i believe david's in the desert of judah.. even though he served as a leader for his people, saul still hated him, hence why david's fleeing for his life. talk about being at a low point in life!

i've been skipping around through psalm.. primarily just because i want to learn how to praise God. i want my heart to genuinely seek Him just the way david did in low times. through my studies with psalm, i'm learning how to praise God in my prayers and i'm learning what i need to seek more of and what i need to seek less of..

even in the bad times, david seeks the good that God has done and he glorifies those moments (verse 2). to him, God is still the center of his universe.. another striking part of this passage is verse 6.. even as david is meditating and praying to God at night, he still remembers the One who he has learned to trust