He is my rock

Psalm 63 1
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. 2
63:1 O God, you are my God! I long for you! 3
My soul thirsts 4 for you,
my flesh yearns for you,
in a dry and parched 5 land where there is no water.
63:2 Yes, 6 in the sanctuary I have seen you, 7
and witnessed 8 your power and splendor.
63:3 Because 9 experiencing 10 your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you.
63:4 For this reason 11 I will praise you while I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands. 12
63:5 As if with choice meat 13 you satisfy my soul. 14
My mouth joyfully praises you, 15
63:6 whenever 16 I remember you on my bed,
and think about you during the nighttime hours.
63:7 For you are my deliverer; 17
under your wings 18 I rejoice.
63:8 My soul 19 pursues you; 20
your right hand upholds me.
63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, 21
but they will descend into the depths of the earth. 22
63:10 Each one will be handed over to the sword; 23
their corpses will be eaten by jackals. 24
63:11 But the king 25 will rejoice in God;
everyone who takes oaths in his name 26 will boast,
for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.


"..In the sanctuary I have seen you"....it is in our quiet times, our moments of humility, that we are able to see God in all his glory. That quiet voice he instills in our spirit comes when we are still and just acknowledge his presence. There is a saying, "If you're going to worry, don't pray. If you're going to pray, don't worry." There is truth in this; we are supposed to "come boldly before the throne of grace."(Hebrews 4:16).

"When I remember you on my bed"...I've been thinking more about slumber lately (probably because it hasn't been exactly abundant this week :) ), and how we submit our hearts to God when we do so. Everyone has to sleep right? It's almost like God's way of saying "Fine, be wicked to your foolish hearts delight, but you still have to sleep sometime!" Scientists aren't even fully aware of how sleep functions, or why REM sleep is so essential, they just know that it is. More to the point, sleep is when we close our eyes and drift away. Thus, as David tells us in another Psalm, "I will not allow my eyes to slumber until I have made a place of habitation for my Lord." Let that shine on our hearts as we rest.