# 16 2020 Dev. Psalm 84:2. Yearning! Read all of Ps. 84. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 84:2 “My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”
Psalm 84 is the first Psalm of a series of six (84-89) that end book thee of Psalms. This Psalm is a communal prayer expressing the desire to worship God in His Temple. There was perhaps a time of conflict in the land that prevented people from traveling to the temple in Jerusalem.
The first (vs.1-4) of three sections expresses the desire for fellowship with God, “my soul yearns, even faints, my heart and my flesh cry out. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.”
Are you starting to feel the pain of not being able to worship together at our churches for over a month? If not what are you feeling? Are you feeling the violation of our religious rights? We may go buy liquor and groceries but we can’t worship in a drive in Church! If we read this Psalm in that light, worship is life, worship is revival, worship is restoration for soul and body, Amen! What is God teaching us?
Worship is a blessing, the second section (vs. 5-7) “blessed are those whose strength is in you”, Lord Almighty! If we ever needed to search our hearts it is now, if we ever needed refreshment physically like drinking from a cold mountain spring, it is now, if we ever needed God’s strength for our hearts and souls, it is now. if we ever needed your Word, it is now “Lord God Almighty!”
Request and praise, the third section (vs.8-11). “Hear my (our) prayer, Lord God almighty, listen to me (us).” Praise, “better is one day in your courts (church) than a thousand elsewhere”, Are we crying “out for the living God”? But better days are on the way; vs.11“For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” In times like we are in now so often we fall short but followers of Jesus are blameless in Jesus Christ.
Verse 12 stands alone and ties this prayer and our prayers together as well; “Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.” This is where we must be today, trust God for all things while we work through this difficulty, Amen!
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