08/30/2026
Psalm 84:1-5 & 10 declares: "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. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever singing your praise! Selah Blessed are those whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion... For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness." (ESV)
These lyrics give the impression that the psalmist relished all he was writing about. And he further gives the impression it wasn't the bricks & mortar of that place of worship he was enamored with but rather with The One who manifested His presence there! How might the psalmist's inspired prose translate for us? Where might God's dwelling place be for us in the here and now? And where might it be forevermore?