Your Dwelling Place (Psalm 84)

Where is God’s presence today? Do we desire to be there where He dwells? Let’s look at Psalm 84.

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. (WEB)

Though God is omnipresent, was His presence once focused on the Temple? Does He dwell in us today? If so, do we love being among those in whom God dwells?

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. (Ps 84:1-2 ESV)

Do we love fellowshipping with God’s people, where He dwells today, or are we loners? Is our home among fellow Christians?

Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young—near Your altars, Lord of Hosts, my King and my God. How happy are those who reside in Your house, who praise You continually. Selah (Ps 84:3-4 HCSB)

Will those whose heart is on God’s path be given water in a spiritual desert, like the Baca Valley?

How happy are those whose strength is in you, whose heart is on your path. They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings. They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion. (Ps 84:5-7 ISV)

In our pilgrimage how important is prayer throughout the day?

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. (Ps 84:8 KJV)

How do we view the assembly of the saints? Do we see beyond the faulty humanity in our assemblies and trust in God?

See our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk blamelessly. O Yahweh of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! (Ps 84:9-12 LSB)

Where is God’s temple today? Do we have a zeal to be there among those in whom God’s Spirit dwells?

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Cor 3:16 NASB)

Where is God’s presence today? Do we desire to be there where He dwells? You decide!