Seize the Moment – Day 1171

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Jun '23

Seize the Moment – Day 1171

Posted on Jun 1, 2023 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

01
Jun '23

Yearn for God!

Psalm 63

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, June 1.

 

We all have cravings! For what do you long? What are the deepest desires of your heart? Psalm 63:3-5 demonstrates David’s powerful yearning for God,
 
“Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.”

 

David was yearning for God! Followers of Jesus can ask God for this deep longing in their own souls, but often we are too easily satisfied by lesser things, distracted with cheap substitutes that do not satisfy for long. In today’s world there are so many options to choose from for how we can pursue satisfaction. It reminds me of how easy it is in today’s fast-food world for a child to never cultivate the hunger for fresh food, but only craves after processed fast food. James Montgomery Boice described how this deep yearning for God has grown rare in today’s churches:

 

How little this is found today! Most people do not even know that it is God their souls truly desire. They are seeking satisfaction in other things. Others know God but do not cultivate his presence; they do not long after him. Is it not this above everything that explains the weakness of the contemporary church? Is it not this that makes us so hollow spiritually?[1]

 

Cultivate Jesus as the deepest longing of your soul – “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).

 

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 63, meditating upon the sufficiency of God to satisfy your deepest longings – “O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (vs 1).

 

God bless you!

 

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FOOTNOTE:

 

[1] James Montgomery Boice, Psalms 42–106: An Expositional Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2005), 518.

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