A DAY IN THY COURTS

 

Sunday, May 12, 2024

 

A DAY IN THY COURTS

 

Reading: Psalm 84

 

Ps 84:10

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.

 

          Unless you have experienced painful circumstances which kept you from church, it is unlikely that Psalm 84 will impact you quite like it did King David. Chased from brook to bush by the insane Saul, David and his band of men slept under a cover of stars and dew. The place of worship, which others so casually abandon, became most urgent and essential.

 

          This song was accompanied by a “Gittith” which is a Gittite harp. Even now we incorporate the “git” in the word guitar. It is simple and portable and in skilled hands can provide lovely music. This, along with spear and shield, David carried with him from place to place. With it he poured out his soul among the sheep and now in the presence of his men.

 

          Better than a thousand days is just one day in God’s appointed place of worship! If one would do the math, this is about three years of dwelling in tents. David felt an intense hunger for worship and fellowship. He could satisfy this with nothing else. He is jealous of the doorkeeper who listens and worships at the portal.

 

          Today is Sunday. Do you long for the days of worship?

 

Ps 27:4-5

4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

 

Lord, like David, I long for worship. AMEN