Psalm_63

Scripture

Psalm 63:3-5³ 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 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;    with singing lips my mouth will praise you. 

Observation

Because Your [lovingkindness] is better than life: This is the reason why David was so motivated to pursue God. The [lovingkindness] of God was better, more meaningful to David, than life itself. This means that David both knew and experienced something of God’s [lovingkindness] that many believers today do not know and experience.

• People regard life as natural; David regarded God’s great love as natural.
• People enjoy life; David enjoyed God’s great love.
• People value life; David valued God’s great love.
• People will sacrifice to live; David would sacrifice for God’s great love.
• People want to give life to others; David wanted to give God’s great love.
• People despair without the sense of life; David despaired without the sense of God’s great love.

…David spoke of a satisfaction that too few people know, even among believers. He spoke of the deep satisfaction that comes in a surrendered seeking of God, of receiving His great love, of praising God without reservation.Taken from https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/psalm-63/ 

Understanding

Pastor Gary closed out yesterday’s message with a call to action – to step into our destiny!  He also spoke to how the “inoculated God” is how many people live…a little God here, a little there just enough to make us feel good but not enough to live in His power. But it is in His power, in our destiny that we get to experience what David is talking about here – a love better than life.  That power, that full satisfaction won’t come in the inoculated version, but only when we turn, about face towards God and seek Him fully.  

Life Application

God, I want to experience you fully! May I stay unsatisfied with the pieces of you or the fragmented love of the world…may I turn to you – fully, wholly, completely – and may I be unwilling to settle for anything less.In your name I pray, Amen.Rei