Fellowship with God

Fellowship, with God

Synopsis

The relationship with God, disrupted by sin yet established through Jesus Christ, which provides the only proper basis for true human fellowship. God’s desire for fellowship with humanity is made known through his calling of a people to be his own and to reflect his holiness and love.

A prayerful spirit is the spirit to which God will speak. A prayerful spirit will be a listening spirit waiting to hear what God says.

Andrew Murray

Psalm 63 NIV

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched 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 I will be fully 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 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me. 9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth. 10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals. 11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

Seeking God

Psalm 63:1 “1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

intense longing for God in a time of need

Psalm 42:2 “2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?”

now circumstances prevent him from being at the temple

Glorify God

Psalm 63:2-3 “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.”

Comforting reflection on what he had seen in the sanctuary; it awakens joyful expectations

How did he see him in the sanctuary? because he was God’s guest in His tabernacle or temple

Psalm 63:4-5 “4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.”

while lifting hands to God usually signifies prayer, it also - accompanied praise.

Meditate on God

Psalm 63:6-8 “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 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.”

remembering what he seen in the sanctuary

Psalm 119:148 “148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.”

Meditate - The practice of focusing one's thoughts on specific spiritual matters or on a deity.

commune with my heart Lord

NIV Study Bible: Notes (Fully Revised Edition) Chapter 63

He has experienced God’s “love,” which is “better than life”

Closing

Spend time in fellowship with God in the closing moments.

In unity