Preparing for Worship with Psalm 63

Psalm 63 (TNIV) -

1 You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.

3 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.

6 On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.

7 Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

8 I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.

9 Those who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.

10 They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.

11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

My thoughts -

When we worship this morning we will sing praises to God. We should do this not because this is what is expected of us; not because it would be good for us to be seen doing so; not because it is what we have always done; not because we want everyone to see how perfect and wonderful we are; not because we like to sing and are good at it; not because our parents or peers make us.

We should sing praises and offer worship because, like the Psalmist says here, we thirst for God whose love is better than life. We need God and we need God to know it. Let us go and fall on our knees and worship God this morning offering everything that we have and are because doing otherwise just doesn't work for us. We need God right now.

Come Lord Jesus and be our help, our life, our protection, and our king. Let us cling to you and sing in the shadow of your wings. Let us thirst after you and fill us with your love that is better than life. Let our lips glorify you.