SCRIPTURE: Psalm 63
Why is David in the desert, is he running from enemies or on a personal retreat (like Jesus)?
Either way, his focus is on God.
He longs for God, he thinks about God, he clings to God, he praises God, he prays to God.
One line jumps out at me, that I want to know better for myself: “Your love is better than life.”
To experience God’s love surpasses the whole experience of life itself… WOW.
To know that God loves me, that God values and treasures me, that God will sacrifice Himself for me.
“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son.” (John 3:16)
Isn’t loving and being loved the heart of life – real life, not just physical life?
Isn’t this what people really want deep down, to be loved, valued and treasured by someone?
Sometimes we feel loved by others, sometimes we don’t, but to know we are always loved by God – this is better than life.
This is what Jesus represents – He shows us HOW FAR and HOW DEEP God’s love for us is.
“May you have power with all God’s people to understand Christ’s love. May you know how wide and long and high and deep it is. And may you know his love, even though it can’t be known completely. Then you will be filled with everything God has for you.” (Ephesians 3:18-19)
I want to know this love, and to be able to say: “Your love is better than life.”
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
God, I long to know how wide and long and high and deep Your love is, to be filled with everything You have for me. May the words ‘Your love is better than life’ echo in my heart and mind!