This is Time Out with the Psalms and now I'm looking at Psalm 63 suggested by John. Psalm 63 is a Psalm of David and the subtitle says it was written when he was wandering in the wilderness, perhaps when he was fleeing from Saul who wanted to murder young David. Psalm 63 says, O God, Thou art my God! Early will I seek Thee. My soul thirsteth for Thee. My flesh longs for Thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is, to see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee. Thus will I bless Thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in Thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips, when I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul follows hard after thee, thy right hand upholds me. But those that seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth. they shall fall by the sword, they shall be a portion for foxes. But the king shall rejoice in God, every one that sweareth by him shall glory. But the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped." We do well to remember that Young David had already been anointed by the prophet Samuel as the future king of Israel. And so when he fled from Saul, he was royalty on the run. And yet he had a great difficulty in surviving and escaping and not exacting vengeance upon Saul and walking a thin line of survival and waiting on God. But this Psalm tells us that David celebrates God's loving kindness. Loving kindness is one of those sweet words. One expositor says that it's one of the richest, most theological, insightful terms in the Old Testament. It denotes kindness, love, loyalty, mercy, most poignantly employed in the context of relationship between God and humans. And it's translated in the King James Bible Loving kindness, what an evocative word. Love that is kind and kindness that's based upon love. We're thankful that God loves us and is kind toward us. His mercies are ever new to us. And David praises his savior and his Lord for those things. And he meditates on those things. One of the sweet things he says in the night watches, those long sleepless nights, maybe on guard, maybe in a fear of his life, but waiting upon God. Sometimes when storms are raging and we can't sleep, the night watches are times to meditate upon the promises of God, the protection of God, and the praise of God. We can praise God wherever we are, whether we're in the palace or we're in the wilderness, whether we're sitting at a great banquet table or we're feasting on the merest of provisions in the wilderness. David, is feasting upon God's loving kindness and meditating upon God's glory. God will set things right. God will defeat our enemies. God will set us as joint heirs with Jesus Christ. And that was true of David. There came a time when his struggles in the wilderness ended and he ascended the throne that was rightfully his. He waited upon God to do it and to deliver it. Let us pray. Father, we thank you for this Psalm that when David was fleeing for his life, yet he could find shelter in the loving kindness of his Lord and his God. Father, help us to remember how loving and how kind you are toward us. When we can see what you're doing and when we can't see what you're doing, help us to trust you. We pray these things in Jesus name. Amen.