PrayerBits for Friday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Friday

Scripture Lesson: Psalm 63:1-8 Mine Eyes have seen...

Time to reflect: Edom, a traditional enemy, if neighbor, of Israel/Judah betrayed Israel, took advantage of their weakness and, apparently, violently and ruthlessly devastated some cities. We're not sure of the details but they earned the people's hatred. This is a vision of God singlehandedly exacting vengeance.

Moving Throughout the day: We don't like to think about God and vengeance do we? But this concept is all through the Bible, Old and New Testament. Contemplate through the day how/where this fits into your concept of things.

Psalm 63

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

 1 O God, you are my God,
       earnestly I seek you;
       my soul thirsts for you,
       my body longs for you,
       in a dry and weary land
       where there is no water.

 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
       and beheld your power and your glory.

 3 Because your love is better than life,
       my lips will glorify you.

 4 I will praise you as long as I live,
       and in your name I will lift up my hands.

 5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
       with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

 6 On my bed I remember you;
       I think of you through the watches of the night.

 7 Because you are my help,
       I sing in the shadow of your wings.

 8 My soul clings to you;
       your right hand upholds me.