Davids emotions

Wow! Lately I've just been in awe of God's greatness. In awe of His goodness. I really just love the Lord. I am not sure quite how to explain it any differently than that. Maybe I could say that I really appreciate God, or really care for him in indescribable ways. I just really love the Lord.

One of the things I enjoy so much about David's writings is his sincerity. He writes the way he is truly feeling. When reading through the Psalms it's difficult to find a more genuine heartfelt text in scripture. Look at Psalm 63. David says God "I earnestly seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you." He goes on to say. I will be satisfied with you as I am with the best foods. This is deep stuff. But verse 6 gets to me the most "On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night." Come on now... These are great thoughts. But take an opportunity to read through this Psalm. You'll get a chance to feel what David feels about the Lord.

This is powerful to say these things to God but to say these things to anyone else is a little over the top. Think about it... You can come up to a friend of yours and say "Man I prayed for you last night." He'd say "thanks Man", or maybe "I appreciate that." That's the end of that moment, conversation over. But imagine in your deepest most passionate voice if you said "Bro, I thirst for you, I long for you. Last night while in my bed I couldn't stop thinking of you." It wouldn't be long before you had one less friend. But this is the best way David knows how to show his feelings about God. It's a deep lasting forever type of emotion. I want that. I want to feel that way towards the Lord.

David amazes me at his honesty. He really loved God. God is truly the epitome of all things good, great and loving. Any description of Him won't be enough to explain how great, powerful and merciful He is.

I can't dictate my feelings towards the Lord sometimes. But I know that I owe Him everything.... Everything. It pulls deeply and emotionally at my heart. I really just love God.