“Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.” – Psalm 63:3 (ESV)
Summarize in a Word: Lovingkindness
Key Principle: God’s Love is Gracious.
Key Application: We must Praise God with all our breath.
Main point of the Passage: Neither Life’s distress nor Life’s pleasure
should stop us to live and praise God.
Illustration: David and Paul
Exhortation: Recognize the loving kindness of God.
David
made this wonderfully stunning statement when he was in the wilderness of
Judah, running away because of Absalom’s treachery. Yet he always recognized
the faithfulness of God towards him. For David the lovingkindness of God he
realized surpassed all troubles and enmities surrounding him.
This lovingkindness
was not the material blessing. In fact, he lost all. He was a combat hero, a
decorated military warrior, and a King. He was loved, honored, and revered by
his people. For David, even such a glorious life that only a few human can ever
achieve looked pale compared to the lovingkindness of God.
David would not slip into depression for his lost or for such a
treason against him. He was not like the reluctant Jonah who wanted to die. For
him, whatever life brings, if God’s faithfulness he sees, he will rejoice. He
was like Apostle Paul who says, “For to me to live is
Christ, and to die is gain” (Phil 1:21). Neither Life’s distress
nor Life’s pleasure would stop him to live and praise God.
Is your life worth living? Yes, because of God’s love. He gives
your life and sustains you. And if you would confess Christ, He would give you
eternal life, and immeasurable spiritual riches of Him. Are you bogged down by
failure? Are you discouraged? Or, are you distracted by the status of the
world? Recognize the loving kindness of God. He has demonstrated His Love unprecedentedly
when Christ died for us 2000 years ago. Would you live for Him who died for
you? Would you Praise God with all your breath?