In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice!
In the morning, I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch!
My mouth is filled with Your praise,
And with Your glory all the day!
O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall declare Your praise!
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Verse
Psalm 63:1 (ESV) — “O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.”
Meditation
The Psalmist expresses a longing that reaches into the depths of both soul and body. This thirst is not merely for relief, but for God Himself. The image of a dry and weary land reveals the true condition of life apart from Him—lacking what alone gives life. Yet the confession begins with certainty: “O God, you are my God.” Desire is grounded in relationship. The one who seeks God does so because God has first made Himself known. This longing is therefore not empty striving, but a response to divine reality. The whole person—soul and flesh—is directed toward the Lord as the only source of satisfaction. In Christ, this seeking is fulfilled, for He gives living water that endures. Thus the faithful do not turn aside to lesser things, but continue to seek God earnestly, trusting that He alone answers the deepest need of His people.
New Testament
John 4:14 (ESV) — “but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
As the Psalmist declares a deep thirst for God, this is fulfilled in Christ, who gives living water. The longing of the soul is not left unanswered, but satisfied in Him who grants eternal life.
Old Testament
Jeremiah 2:13 (ESV) — “for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.”
This reinforces the Psalmist’s longing by contrasting it with false sources. To turn from God is to embrace what cannot satisfy, but to seek Him is to return to the true fountain of life.
Collect
O God, the fountain of living water, grant that Your people may seek You with earnest desire and find in You true satisfaction; turn their hearts from all that cannot sustain, and lead them to the fullness of life in Christ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Hymn Verse
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, grant us Thy peace.
TLH 147, O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, That Takest Away the Sin of the World
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