I hope you found ways to COMMAND your soul to be satisfied in the Lord yesterday. And if you didn’t, guess what—you can still do that today, and tomorrow, and the next day. Just like David had many opportunities to turn his attention to the Lord and praise, we do too.
Psalm 63:5 says, “I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.”

I think it’s important to note that David wrote this psalm while he was in the Judean Desert. Earlier in the chapter, in verse 1, he says, “I thirst for you.” I find it interesting that he wrote this psalm in the desert. I imagine he was physically thirsty—possibly in the heat of summer. It was harsh, dry, and he was probably on the verge of dehydration. YET—the thing he longed for more than anything was God. Even in a dire circumstance where water could have meant the difference between life and death, David proclaimed that he desired the Lord over any earthly need.

Today I want to focus on the part of the verse that says, “as with the richest of foods.” I wonder what that would have been for David—warm bread, grapes, figs, mutton, venison? Just like he was probably thirsty in the desert, I like to think he was also experiencing real hunger. Maybe he was dreaming about the richest foods, or a home-cooked meal he didn’t have access to. I imagine him picturing a warm meal from home and thinking about how satisfied he would feel eating it.

Then I imagine that as he was thinking about that meal, he began to turn his thoughts toward the Lord. Even the meal he longed for couldn’t compare to the goodness of God. He was thirsty, probably hungry, and yet he wanted to be satisfied with God in the same way he longed to be satisfied with that rich food.

David knew the rich meal he was imagining would satisfy him. He would feel full. Nourished. Thankful. And David is saying that he will be satisfied with the Lord just as much as he would be satisfied with that meal he was longing for.

For your own meditation, think about a meal that truly satisfied you. Maybe it was a dessert you had on vacation six years ago, and you’ve been chasing that same experience ever since. Take that desire, that yearning for satisfaction, and point it toward your relationship with the Lord.

Command your soul today: I WILL be satisfied!