Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 63:1

“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”

Psalms 63:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 63:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 63. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
  • Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
  • Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
  • Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Psalms 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
  • Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
  • Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
  • Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
  • John 7:37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
  • Psalms 5:3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
  • Psalms 118:28Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
  • Psalms 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
  • Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.