✝️ Psalm 63:1 | A Simple Way to Point People to Jesus

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📧 In today’s email…

• Putting together everything we learned this week ⏩️

• 3 gifts Psalm 63 gives us 🎁 🎁 🎁 

• A way to point people to Jesus 👉️ ✝️ 

• In case you missed it.. 🧐

 🧠 Memorize

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O ___, ___ ___ __ ___; _________ _ ____ ___;

my ____ _______ ___ ___;

my _____ ______ ___ ___,

as __ _ ___ and _____ ____ where _____ __ __ _____.

Psalm 63:1

A review of what we’ve learned 🤔 

Here’s what we learned about Psalm 63 this week:

• Setting: David composed Psalm 63 in the wilderness of Judah while on the run. Either his son or his king (Saul) were literally trying to kill him.

• We learned 2 new Hebrew words:

  • v1: “earnestly I seek you” (šāḥar) means to seek God early in the day with a sense of eagerness

  • v1: When David says, “my soul thirsts for you,” he’s talking about desiring God’s presence with his entire being (nep̄eš)

• We noticed that the phrase “my soul” (nep̄eš) shows up 3x in Psalm 63, giving us a rhythm to follow:

  • v1: “My soul thirsts for you..” ➡️ admit we’re thirsty

  • v5: “My soul will be satisfied..” ➡️ seek God

  • v8: “My soul clings to you..” ➡️ cling to His presence

Then, we explored how the theme of thirst shows up all throughout Scripture, from Exodus to Revelation.

We see it in Jesus’ ministry:

And on the cross:

On the cross, we see God’s amazing grace: 

Jesus suffers infinite thirst and separation from the Father to make it possible for us to be in right relationship with God.

Three Gifts Psalm 63 gives us 🎁 

There is more depth, meaning and wisdom in Psalm 63 than we could possibly cover in 1 week.

But what Psalm 63:1 provides us with at least 3 things:

1. An example of a (very flawed) man who was in touch with his soul-level thirst for God

2. Words to pray and sing during both good times and bad

3. Hope because the One who suffered infinite thirst on the cross provided the permanent solution to our spiritual thirst (which we experience in part now, and will experience fully in the New Heavens and New Earth)

💡 Try this: Next time you feel distant from God, use the words of Psalm 63:1 and pray them back to God to stoke the flames of desire for Him.

Pointing People to the Answer ✝️ 

Every single human being was created to be in relationship with God.

When we don’t have Him, we experience a deep emptiness. A dissatisfaction.

The question at the core of every human being, driving their actions is this:

What will satisfy me?

Well, Jesus is the only permanent answer to that question.

Everything else is fool’s gold.

No matter how far our friends and family may seem from God, the truth is that they are thirsty.

And we know it’s not a “what” that will quench their thirst. It’s a “who.”

Who are we to keep Him to ourselves?

The most loving thing we can do is to point people to Jesus.

Practice: Share your story 🗣️ 

One way to point people to Jesus is to simply share the story of how He quenched the infinite thirst you experienced before you gave your life to Him.

Here’s are some elements of sharing your story:

1. “Before I met Jesus:” Share what you were doing and where you were seeking to quench your thirst (work, status, material things, success, sex, substances, etc.) before meeting Jesus

2. “When I realized:” Share how you realized those things don’t quench the thirst, and that Jesus does

3. “Now:” What is it like having your thirst actually quenched? Share how you and your life has changed since you put your faith in Jesus. What has He done in your life?

📣 Share your story with at least 1 person who doesn’t know Jesus in the next week.

Resources to help you earnestly seek God 🙏 

In case you missed it, here’s this week’s round-up of recommended resources to help you earnestly seek God:

• 🎙️ Jon Tyson Sermon: ‘God Comes Where He’s Wanted’ (link here)

• 📚️ Desiring God by John Piper (link here)

• 📚️ Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did. by John Mark Comer (link here)

• 🎵 Psalm 63 by The Corner Room to help you meditate on this Psalm (listen on Spotify | listen on Apple Music)

• 📱 If you like apps, the Pause App is free and has guided audio to help you simply “be with Jesus” (link here)

Answer key ✅ 

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;

my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psalm 63:1

How did you do? 💡