We read Psalm 84 today through our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan. Look at verse 4:
4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
This Old Covenant declaration is good, but under our new and better Covenant, this is SO exciting! Why? Because we are no longer simply dwelling IN the house of God, we ARE the house of God! We are HIS dwelling place on the earth! Look at 1 Corinthians 6:19-20:
19 Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own, 20 You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.
AMEN! Under our New Covenant, we are, of ALL people, MOST BLESSED! Now, look at Psalm 84:10-12:
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!
Because we are SO blessed, we are also much more responsible to share the Word of God with others so that they, too, can have WHO we have in us! There has NEVER been such a glorious time to be alive anf serving the One, True, Most High, Living, ALmighty God of the Bible! Let's continue to BE the LIGHT inour individual worlds! Here is Hillsong Kids with "As The World Shakes":
Shalom in Him!
