Today’s thoughts are brought to you from the rather cold reaches of Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand.
Psalm 63, courtesy of David.
I love the opening line of this psalm. For me, its a direct affirmation that I love to declare, that indeed, God is MY God. I am privileged to call Him Abba, Father, Jehovah, Saviour. He is MY God.
When we go through stuff, as some of us are right now, this psalm says to me that it’s okay to not have it all together. To admit that I am in a dry and weary land, thirsting for the living water that is the only thing that can sustain me and bring me back from formidable places.
David goes on in this psalm to recall the times he has witnessed the great power and glory of God and honestly, when stress levels start to rise or big questions surface, this is what I find centres everything again. Knowing that God is God, He has proven himself faithful repeatedly and I have prior knowledge and experience that affirms this in my spirit. That at the end of this long day we call life, God’s love will trump everything.
My favourite line in this psalm however, would have to be: ‘Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings’. God is indeed our help, in the rough times for sure, but also in the up times – He is the one who leads and guides us always. I love the picture of singing in the shadow of God’s wings. It evokes a certain feeling of being protected, sheltered, nurtured and prized. Like when I am listening to Charlize sing songs about ‘mummy-mummy-mummy’, I know that beautiful love and tenderness that rises up inside me. If I feel like this as a mortal mother, how much more does God extend that to me when I come close and sing to him?
David ends this psalm with a declaration that those who seek his life will be destroyed, and I think that sometimes we do need to remind ourselves, that in the midst of tough moments or seasons, the devil will eventually be fully defeated and we will be face to face with Jesus Christ. No more going through messy stuff, no more sickness, no more conflict. It doesn’t get much better than that.
So I’d like to say thanks to David once again, for reminding me that I can cling to my great big God, that I can bring praise to my great big God and that He is the only constant that I need.
-Simone Field