Psalms 63:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is set before us, what is the first and earnest longing of every devout soul, namely, a sight of God in Christ, and the enjoyment of God in Christ; for these two make up the sum total of happiness, both in this life, and that which is to come. This was what Moses so earnestly longed for, when he prayed to see God's glory: and this was what he enjoyed when the Lord made all his goodness pass before him, and proclaimed himself the Lord, the Lord gracious and merciful; for God's glory is his goodness in Christ; Exodus 33:18-19. Reader, have you so seen God's goodness, in the face of Jesus Christ? 2 Corinthians 4:6. My soul! I charge it upon thee, this day, that nothing short of this be ever allowed to satisfy thee. It is delightful to see the power and glory of God in the sanctuary, in the church, in the ordinances, and in the scriptures of truth; but until Christ is seen as that sanctuary, that church, that ordinance, that scripture, in short the marrow of all, we rest in the means without the end. Precious, precious Jesus! it is thou that art the sanctuary, the altar, the sacrifice, and the one ordinance of heaven for poor sinners.