Verse of the Day - Psalm 63:3

My lips will praise You because Your loving-kindness is better than life. ~ Psalm 63:3 (NLV)

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We sing a song at my church called "Better than Life" that comes from this verse. Hmm -- I hadn't linked it directly to a particular verse, although the lyrics seem to thread several Psalms together to praise our God...

Your love is everlasting
It's an everlasting love
Your mercy is as new
As every rising of the sun
And Your loving kindness
Loving kindness
Is better than life

Your grace is all-sufficient
It's an all-sufficient grace
Your power and Your glory
Are forever on display
And Your loving kindness
Loving kindness
Is better than life

[Chorus ]
Oh, it's better
Oh, better than life
Oh, so much better
Jesus, Your loving kindness
Is better than life

Fairest of ten thousand
Of ten thousand You are fair
And nothing in this world
Could ever measure or compare
To Your loving kindness
Loving kindness
Is better than life

All your ways are just Oh Lord
You're just in all Your ways
And I will lift my hands Oh Lord
With gratitude and praise
For Your loving kindness
Loving kindness Is better than life...

Is Jesus and His love better than life to us? Or are we grasping after other things in this world to satisfy?

I believe our deepest need is to be loved. But we often search for pseudo love in activities and goals and money and entertainment. They might spackle over the surface of our needs, but the deep longing for honest and abiding love is missed, if we don't seek it in God Himself.

Jesus offers all He has with a divine love that can't compare to anything we know in this world. It is higher, wider, deeper, and longer than a parent's love for their child, or a groom for his bride. Paul in the book of Ephesians longed for his friends in that church to really know the love that Jesus has for them...

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
~ Ephesians 3:16-19 (NLT)

His love is better than life. Better than taking vacations, and visiting with friends. Better than quiet walks in the forest, and brisk walks on the beach. Better than a six-figure income, and a million-dollar home. Better than anything you can think of. Do you believe that?

Do you struggle with grasping onto the magnitude of His love for you? If so, you are not alone, my friend. Paul stated flatly that it is too wonderful for us to understand. But it is true, and it is real. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to open our spiritual eyes to the wonder of God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. And then let us praise Him with our lips, as David did. He is worthy of all of our praise, amen?!?

Love,
Joelene