They Will Still Be Praising Thee
84 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Psalm 84 (KJV)
The Morning Exhortation
You get knocked down, you get back up. Circumstances are temporary. A life of 120 years is a mere grain of sand on the beach of eternity. To be a disciple of Jesus Christ is to be well prepared for both this life and eternity. Love is everlasting. Whether you ultimately thrive and bloom, or shrivel and die, depends greatly on the condition of your soul. Accept the spiritual curriculum ordained by the divine providence of God to fit you for greater works. The fit are willing to live by faith while the unfit live by what they see. The fit meditate on the word of God so that they are careful to do all that is written, while the unfit must be held in by bit and bridle like a horse or mule. The fit seek to be guided by the eye of God in all things, while the unfit are self-willed, seeking to please self in all things. The fit are willing to wait on the Lord until they are clothed with power from above, while the unfit rush ahead trying do God’s work in their own strength. The fit wholeheartedly do all the will of God, while the unfit will do as Saul and spare what should have been destroyed. The fit will say like Job, “though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15), while the unfit turn back from following the Lord when the going gets tough. Will to be fit for the Lord and the kingdom of heaven.
Question
How often do you need to read and mediate on the word of God?
Answer
How often do you need to eat? How often do you need to breathe? As essential as food and air are to the physical body (Matthew 4:1-4; John 6:63; Hebrews 2:1), so is the word of God to the soul that wills to know God (1 Peter 2:2; Hebrew 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalm 1).
The Prayer Appointed for This Week
O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that I, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through Jesus Christ my Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and ever. Amen. from the Book of Common Prayer
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