Psalms 63:1-11
Can we make this fervent early morning prayer of the psalmist ours? Feeling the barrenness of this sad world, his whole desire, his longing, his joy, is his God, who is the object day and night of his fervent meditation. A man has nothing more precious than his own life, but the believer has found an even greater treasure: the goodness of his God. In his heart he looks back on all the experiences of that goodness (vv. 3, 7). Notice the splendid progression: my soul thirsteth for thee (v. 1); my soul is satisfied (v. 5; Jeremiah 31:25); my soul followeth hard after thee (v. 8). While I look at the world I experience this thirst and faintness, but in thinking of the Lord my soul is satisfied; I come in worship, and thus strengthened, and bound to Him who fills and satisfies me, I can follow Him through this desert world, upheld by His mighty hand.
But the desert road will soon be passed. Tomorrow the end of the pilgrim way will appear without clouds. And what is the end? It is the Lord in His glory, seen at last by our very eyes. He Himself has made the request: "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory" (John 17:24; cf. v. 2). May He find in each of our hearts a desire which answers to His!