Blessed Are Those Who Dwell in Your House

Psalm 84

For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.[1]

1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, 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 have her young- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

Selah

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [2]
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
listen to me, O God of Jacob.

Selah

9 Look upon our shield, [3] O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Footnotes
[1] Title: Probably a musical term
[2] 84:6 Or blessings
[3] 84:9 Or sovereign

Dear fellow Redeemed:

Where do you feel welcome? Where do you feel "at home?" What to you is a "safe haven?"

People have always sought to have homes where there is love, safety, and acceptance. You have likely heard the phrase "a house is just a house; love makes it a home." We often view the home as a safe haven for our children, a place to relax and unwind after a long day, and place where families share moments and meals.

That same feeling of love, safety, and acceptance is expressed by our psalmist as he declares Blessed Are Those Who Dwell in Your House. In God's House we have Love, we have Safety, and we have Acceptance.

We are blessed when we dwell in God's House because in God's House we find love. Love is nurturing. Experts say that you can feed a child the best diet possible, but without love the child withers and dies. Unfortunately we see that today as children are given all kinds of earthly possessions, but are not given love. People who seem to have everything pursue self-destructive behavior and bad relationships seeking love.

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