Psalm 84
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FindingJesus in the OT -
Psalm 84
1
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
(Psalm 23:6; John 14:2-3)
2
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord;
(Psalm 27:4-6; Matt. 5:3) my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3
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.
*** Because God has chosen to make his home among us (John1:14; Rev.21:3):
He will protect…and He will provide!
(Matthew 6:25-30)***
4
Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise!
(Psalm 27:4-6; John14:1-6)
Selah
5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
(2Cor. 12:7-10)
whose heart are set on pilgrimage to Zion.
(Isaiah 40:26-31; Colossians 3:2-4)
***Lord let our hearts be set on You: Let our sights - our hope - our treasure - be not on earth, but Heaven (Matthew 6:19-21).
6
As they go through the Valley of Baca (weeping) they make it a place of springs; (Isaiah 52:7)
***For if we set our faces like flint towards the eternal things of Heaven, will You not bring Heaven down…? If we cleave our hearts to the incorruptible things of Heaven, will they surely not follow us as they followed the first disciples? (Psalm 23:6)***
6 cont.
the early rain also covers it with pools.
***see Acts ch.2 (the outpouring of the early rains of Pentecost)***
7
They go from strength to strength;
each one appears before God in Zion.
***This is our reward 🙌🏼 (1John 3:2-3)
see Matthew 24:31, Revelation 7:9-17 and Revelation 21:2-3 (the outpouring of the latter rain and the final harvest - Sukkot)***
8
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9
Behold our shield, O God;✝️(Hebrews 7;25)
look on the face of your anointed!✝️
***Look upon your Sacrifice Lord;
Remember Jesus Christ, our Atonement - for our sakes…(Luke 4:18-19)***
10
For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
***To the Psalmist, it is not about living a long life…it is about living a REAL Life with The Lord…through the Anointed One yet to come - who is our Shield!***
10 cont.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
***Better to be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven than the greatest in the kingdom of this world. This same attitude can be found in Matthew 15:26-28 & Luke 15:17-24…Although now, through Messiah’s Sacrifice, we have become so much more than servants - We have become sons.
This is also a call to holiness: The Psalmist has set himself apart from the temporary ‘pleasures’ of this life, to serve the Lord, who is real, Eternal Life.
(Exodus 33:11; Numbers 1:53)***
11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
***These two things, although appearing to contradict each other, are actually representative of the nature of the Lord:
A sun: His Glory (Bringing Justice - see also Rev. 7:16)
A shield: His Grace (Giving Mercy) - through which we are able to stand in the glory. Jesus did this for us. And through his Sacrifice, we are able to know both…We are able to fully walk before him and with him.***
Exodus 33:18-21
11 cont.
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. (blamelessly)
***To walk uprightly (without guilt or shame) is the hallmark of a true believer: Why? Because there is only One Way we can walk uprightly before God: We must bow down and embrace the Cross of Christ:
Once we were far from upright; we were bowed down with guilt - hiding from the Light, as Adam and Eve in the garden. Now, because of the Cross, our sinful lives can be done away with…crucified there with Christ;
That through bowing low and confessing our guilt to Him,
we can now receive forgiveness from Him(1John1:8-9)…Now He is able to lift up our heads, so that we can indeed walk uprightly.
(Psalm 3:3; Romans 6:6-8)***
This is how the Psalmist can go on to say:
12
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
✝️
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