When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.
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… How do you look and behold? Verse 6, I remember you upon my bed and meditate on you in the watches of the night. So there it is. Meditation. which got talked about and brought us into a little bit and maybe you're thinking it'd be good to know some more about that that's what we're trying to do here in this last session so what what happens here with David after this meditation we see that his soul clings to God verse 8 and he sings for joy verse 7 he rejoices in God verse 11 and then in David all who swear by him exult. Other people get joy along with them. Verse 11. And that's all because David in the wilderness beholds God's power and his glory through meditation. So that's my assignment here to finish up our evening together. And when I say meditation, I'm not talking Eastern meditation. You know what Eastern meditation is? Basically, empty your mind. Try to achieve some sort of peace in the nothingness. …
… My singing lips, my mouth, with singing lips, my mouth will praise you. On my bed, I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you, verse 8. Your right hand upholds me. Those who want to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down to the depths of the earth. They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals. But the king will rejoice in God, and all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced. Amen. So let me set the scene for you a little bit. What's going on? Where David is? It says, again, in the superscription, it tells us who the author is, and it tells us kind of the scene. It tells us what's going on. It says this is a Psalm of David, the great King David, and this is happening when he's in the Judean wilderness. …
… I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods. With singing lips, my mouth will praise you. On my bed, I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help. I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you. Your right hand upholds me. That's a posture. That's not just words. That's a heart that says, I am humble. It's a heart that says, I am hungry. It's a heart that says, I am desperate. And it's a heart that says, God, among all these other good things, my desire is for you. The second thing I want us to see about prayer is that it's an essential component to our victory. You know, I know, just backing up a second, that when times are tough, people are going to pray. We all are like that. And God wants to answer our prayers. I don't need to wrap all this in big context. Of course God wants us to ask, seek, and you will find, knock, and the door will be opened to you. …