Psalm 84:1-12

84 How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!

2 My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.

7 They go from strength to strength;
Each one appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

9 O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts,
Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Context

  1. Why is the presence of God and the house of God so prominent in the Psalms? (Psalm 16:11, 27:4, 42:1, 61:4, 63:1, 2)

Reflection

  1. What causes one to be so consumed with worshipping God? (Exodus 24:16-18, 34:28, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 2 Sam 6:14-18)
  2. How do I live in God’s strength? (1 Samuel 30:6, Psalm 19:14, 84:5-7, 91:11, 12, 144:1-3, Neh 8:10, Romans 1:16, Ephesians 3:16, 20, Philippians 4:13)
  3. Why is ‘one day’ in His house better than a thousand elsewhere? (1 Chron 9:27, Psalm 43:3, 46:4, 63:3, 4, John 2:19, 14:1-3)
  4. How is the Lord a ‘sun and shield’? How does He give ‘grace and glory?’
    (Genesis 39:1, 2, Psalm 27:1, 2, Proverbs 3:6, Daniel 1:9, James 4:6-10)

Testimony Time

  1. How real is His dwelling place with me-even in the valley? (John 17:3, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19, 20, Philippians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10)
  2. When’s the last time my ‘heart and flesh cried out for the living God’? (Psalm 63:8, 34:6, 73:12, Luke 5:12, Romans 10:13)

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