Psalm 63: Better Than Life | Summer Soundtrack Week 8

Psalm 63: Better Than Life

● Israel WANDERS in the wilderness.

● David GROWS in the wilderness.

● Jesus is TEMPTED in the wilderness.

Psalm 63:1-5 O God, You are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water. 2 So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory. 3 My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; at your name, I will lift up my hands. 5 You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise you with joyful

lips.

1. God is a DELIGHT in the DESERT

“May I kiss the waves that throw me against The Rock of my salvation.”
         -Charles Spurgeon

Psalm 63:1 “I thirst for you; my body faints for you because I'm in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.”

● When all you HAVE is God, you realize all you NEED is God!

Psalm 63:2-3 I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory. 3 My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life.

Psalm 63:4-5 So I will bless you as long as I live; at your name, I will lift up my hands. 5 You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

● You know you have an IDOL when you will sin to get it or sin if you don't get it.

2. God is a DEFENSE in the face of DANGER.

Psalm 63:6-8 When I think of you as I lie on my bed, I meditate on you during the night watches 7 because you are my helper; I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. 8 I follow close to you;

Psalm 63:9-10 But those who intend to destroy my life will go into the depths of the earth. 10 They will be given over to the power of the sword; they will become a meal for jackals.

Psalm 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by him will boast, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart, I have overcome the world.