Desire
Verse 1
O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
Verse 6
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
There are different night watches in the bible
You might wonder what is a night watch?
fortnite watch
cnn watch
netflix watch
the 4th watch - you wont even be awake.
after 3 AM after feeding your soul with cnn, video games, netflix and all the crap of the world, now your soul is satisfied and go to deep sleep.
But the bible talks about different watches
Mark 13:35
35 Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— 36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping
Every ancient civilizations had these watches.
They keep the soldiers to watch the city and was divided between time slots to keep the city safe.
Especially in bible times, Roman kingdom has set up these watches.
Psalmist says He meditates on God in the night watches.
The more you feed your soul with news, information, in this digital age, your meditation will be when will be the next medicine, what is the next city that will get covid, which country is recovering.
All your thoughts that has fed into your heart.
But the Psalimst says he meditates on God in night watches.
It is in that meditation on God, that these many Psalms are born out of his pen.
Psalmist could say, " I am fearfully and wonderfully made"
"The Lord is my Shepherd, i shall not lack"
For us, God means probably a 15 min prayer time, or a 1 hour prayer .
But for David, he is called a man after Gods own heart. David meditates on God through out the night watches, and early he gets up to seek HIm.
It is the desire of man that dictates his life.
When a person is not hungry, that is the one of first sign of problem.
Similarly when a person is not hungry for God, that is a sign of spiritual deadness.
V1
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
This world is like a dry and thirsty land, there is no pure water you can get here.
but Psalmist says soul thirsts, flesh longs for God.
8
8) My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
Verse 1
O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
Verse 6
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
There are different night watches in the bible
You might wonder what is a night watch?
fortnite watch
cnn watch
netflix watch
the 4th watch - you wont even be awake.
after 3 AM after feeding your soul with cnn, video games, netflix and all the crap of the world, now your soul is satisfied and go to deep sleep.
But the bible talks about different watches
Mark 13:35
35 Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— 36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping
Every ancient civilizations had these watches.
They keep the soldiers to watch the city and was divided between time slots to keep the city safe.
Especially in bible times, Roman kingdom has set up these watches.
Psalmist says He meditates on God in the night watches.
The more you feed your soul with news, information, in this digital age, your meditation will be when will be the next medicine, what is the next city that will get covid, which country is recovering.
All your thoughts that has fed into your heart.
But the Psalimst says he meditates on God in night watches.
It is in that meditation on God, that these many Psalms are born out of his pen.
Psalmist could say, " I am fearfully and wonderfully made"
"The Lord is my Shepherd, i shall not lack"
For us, God means probably a 15 min prayer time, or a 1 hour prayer .
But for David, he is called a man after Gods own heart. David meditates on God through out the night watches, and early he gets up to seek HIm.
It is the desire of man that dictates his life.
When a person is not hungry, that is the one of first sign of problem.
Similarly when a person is not hungry for God, that is a sign of spiritual deadness.
V1
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
This world is like a dry and thirsty land, there is no pure water you can get here.
but Psalmist says soul thirsts, flesh longs for God.
8
8) My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
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