Day & Night

Psalm 63:1-8 A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. 4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. 6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. 7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. 8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

Trouble sleeping…..many reasons; both the worldly and spiritual have my mind awake. Satan takes me down roads of worry, so my mind goes to my sanctuary, to God’s Word. The verse of the day from a Bible App is in the context above, a special Psalm of David to me, for it shows his heart to seek God early, and to seek God when he can’t sleep, times such as these; God’s perfect timing in simple things such as Bible Apps, evident to those who will seek him. God is waiting to show you how personal he is when you diligently seek him with your heart. When you move past religion to the relationship, he begins to show you how personal your Creator can be. He will give you sermons that were written just for you, bring to your memory the perfect scriptures, use people to say just the right things at just the right time, and even orchestrate circumstances that you begin to realize are only possible from God; all these become personal proofs of how big he is, and how much he loves your heart for him.

This Psalm is clearly when David is under the stress of life; likely when Saul is chasing him into the wilderness and caves fleeing for his life. Saul was delivered to David and his men hiding in a cave, and David had the opportunity to kill him. Instead, he felt it was against the will of God, so he cut off a corner of Saul’s robe, then proceeded to show Saul how close he came to killing him. Saul saw the hand of God on Davids life, and he proclaimed how David would become the king of Israel. God was at work intimately in David’s life; David listened to God’s Spirit speaking inside of him, instead of the outwardly voices of his warriors, pleading for him to fix things the worldly way. David quotes in this passage one of my prayers I still quote today, “in the shadow of Your wings.” If we come to realize wherever we are in our lives, even under the most duress, that we are still in God’s will for our lives, the peace of God is with us. Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Where do you go when you cannot sleep? Where do you go first when you awake to the new day? Do you realize they both show the level of your relationship with God? Do you realize that if you search out the worldly news, numb your mind through any TV media, search through social media, pick up a novel, or numb the pain of the day or night with worldly medications, you are not seeking or trusting God with all your heart. You would have likely listened to your soldiers and killed Saul, because you weren’t seeking God day and night. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.