The Busyness of Life

Psalm 63

English Standard Version (ESV)

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, ^(A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 O God, you are my God; ^(B)earnestly I seek you;
    ^(C)my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
    as in ^(D)a dry and weary land where there is no water.
² So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding ^(E)your power and glory.
³ Because your ^(F)steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.
⁴ So I will bless you ^(G)as long as I live;
    in your ^(H)name I will ^(I)lift up my hands.

⁵ My soul will be ^(J)satisfied as with fat and rich food,
    and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
⁶ when I remember you ^(K)upon my bed,
    and meditate on you in ^(L)the watches of the night;
⁷ for you have been my help,
    and in ^(M)the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
⁸ My soul ^(N)clings to you;
    your right hand ^(O)upholds me.

⁹ But those who seek to destroy my life
    ^(P)shall go down into ^(Q)the depths of the earth;
¹⁰ they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
    they shall be a portion for jackals.
¹¹ But ^(R)the king shall rejoice in God;
    all who ^(S)swear by him shall exult,
    ^(T)for the mouths of ^(U)liars will be stopped.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+63&version=ESV

So often we get busy in the whirlwind of this life that we forget about God.  We don’t bother reading our Bibles (so we don’t listen to Him) and we find no time to pray (we don’t talk to Him).  With the scurry of life around us by Sunday we are too tired to get out of bed and go to Church and we sleep a little longer instead (we don’t praise Him).  Monday morning comes and we start our routine all over again only we woke up late so our routine is already behind.  We continue the week with our busy schedule and find no time to schedule God into it.  Oh, we believe in Him, we have even told Him we want Him to serve Him but right now, we are just too busy.  We know He understands because He loves us and He sees that everything we do is good.  Then, all of a sudden a tragedy strikes.  It may be a large one or maybe even just an inconvenience and we cry out to God, “Help me” or “Why are you allowing this to happen?” or “You have to help me out of this situation!”  “If you will only get me out of this I will read my Bible more, pray more, and I will go to church every Sunday.”  All the while we are still not seeking Him just His power.  We continue in a lifestyle of sin, the sin of “me”. “ I want this, I want that, I want more,  I want less, help me, help me!”  We forget that we have a God who is worthy of our praise.  We forget to sing for joy of the hope that we have in Him.  We forget that He has this under control and that He is the only way to satisfy our soul.  We try to satisfy our inner being with outward pleasure not realizing that the One who can satisfy occupies our inner being (that is if we have trusted upon the Lord Jesus Christ).  So why do we fret?  Simply because we have forgotten that it is not in our actions that make us worthy but rather through our weakness.  He should be our strength but we try to do it on our own.  We forget to give Him praise, to find our joy in Him, to fellowship with Him and we get stuck on “me”. 

The Psalmist makes it clear that the One we need to be stuck on is God.  Forget the successes of this world, count them but loss.  Cling to the Christ and put your joy in Him.  Seek Him, Thirst for Him, Hunger for Him, and Go to Him.   

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila