Psalm 63:1-11

Our desires reveal our hearts and our true objects of worship.  If that is true than we can certainly determine the depth and reality of our relationship with God by evaluating our desire for God.  We all have many desires, some of them are natural and legitimate while others are sinful.  We all desire peace, comfort, health, security and love just to name a few.  However, each of these legitimate desires can become idols in our lives if we begin to have a greater desire for them than we have for the Lord.  David describes his desire for God as the thirst of a man in the desert without water.  Our worship is always driven by our desires.  If our passions and affections are for our own pleasures; than these pleasures are the true gods of our lives.  Our desire for God must be the greatest desire of our lives.

GOD BRINGS SATISFACTION TO THOSE WHO DESIRE HIM: Satisfaction can be a wonderful blessing or it can be a terrible curse.  God wants us to be content with the provisions He has given us and find our full satisfaction in our relationship with Him.  However, we must never be satisfied with the level of our relationship with God.  We should always desire a deeper and fuller walk with the Lord.  David speaks of thirst, which is a desire for more, but he also speaks of satisfaction, which is delight in what God has already given.  Our worship must always have these two aspects: our desire for God and our delight in God.  When we truly contemplate the Lord and His love becomes more precious to us than our very lives; then our hearts will be full of praise for Him.  When we remember His abundant mercy and grace we will sing for joy and rest in His abundant provision.


GOD BRINGS DESTRUCTION TO THOSE WHO DESPISE HIM: There are those who seek to destroy the Lord’s work, and in the case of this Psalm, the Lord’s anointed king. These people despise the Lord and their only desire is for their own promotion.  They are willing to lie and kill or do anything in order to achieve their own agenda.  Wicked and godless men who have no fear of the Lord and no desire for Him will ultimately be destroyed.  They will never find any satisfaction in this life and they will only find torment in the eternal life that follows this life.  Man’s desire for idols and to be idolized will always leave him unsatisfied and will ultimately lead him to eternal destruction. 

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