Prophet’s Reading Plan: Ezekiel 27,28
The Temple
Read: Psalm 84
Today’s Psalm
celebrates the people’s pilgrimage to Jerusalem so they can worship at the
temple. As you read the Psalm you can
sense the writers longing for communion and his love for God’s house. He believed that one day of worship gave more
satisfaction than a thousand days spent elsewhere. There are a lot of pleasurable things in our
world, there is much to be enjoyed but these cannot compare to the delights of
loving and serving God. To feel His
love, even just a glimpse of Him is better than ages of worldly pleasures. The Psalmist said that he would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of the Lord then dwell in the tents of wickedness. The doorkeeper is the “lowest” position in
God’s house but even that is better than the highest position among the
godless. God’s worst is better than the
devil’s best. God’s doorstep is better
than the luxuries of sinners. Do you
sense the sweetness of walking with God?
Verse 12 gives us the key of the psalm – its trust. This is the only path to really knowing
God. A person must know the Lord by a
life of real faith and by living a life of trusting God. It is then when true worship and praise comes
forth.
Overview:
Verses 1-4: Blessing for those who meet with God
Verses 5-9: Meeting with God is a journey
Verses 10-12: Blessing for those
who trust in the Lord.
PRAYER AND MEDITATION
1.
Ask
the Lord to grow in your heart a deeper longing for communion with God, to
really know Him on an intimate level.
2. What
are a few of the pleasurable things in your life? Do you trust that pursuing God can provide
you with more pleasure?
3.
Pray
that the church would be strengthened in knowing the Lord by living lives of
real faith and trusting Him. Pray that
this would lead to more authentic worship and praise of Him.
