River of life
I try often with the blog to show the participants music that will somehow help them remember scripture. There’s a little known song by Rebecca St James that she sang on an album called Heaven and Earth with other female Christian artists. I’m going to introduce you to the lyrics and then show you the passage in Psalms that it goes with.
“O God, You are my God
Earnestly, I seek you
Earnestly, I seek you
My soul it longs for you
In a dry and weary land
Your love is better than life
My lips will glorify you
I will praise your name as long as I live
In your name I will lift up my hands
And my soul will be satisfied
You are the River of Life
I will remember you
Think of you through the night
I hide my soul in you
You are the River of Life”
Now before I get to the Psalm I want to show you a verse in the New Testament that came to mind when I gave thought to the song and the Psalm.
John 4:13-15
“Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them giving them eternal life.’
‘Please sir,’ the woman said, ‘give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.’”
Our souls have a void in them only God can fill because He is our River of Life!
Psalm 63:1-8
“O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
My whole body longs for you
In this parched and weary land
Where there is no water.
I have seen you in your sanctuary
And gazed upon your power and glory.
Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
How I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live
Lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.
I will lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. Because you are my helper,
I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.
I cling to you;
Your strong right hand holds me securely.”
“Where earth and wind, and sky and sea will never match your majesty
From where I stand I’m crying out
Jesus you are life to me
And when I see your face I’ll know
All the pain and tears will go
To the bottom of the sea
You’ll forever be holy, holy”
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