DId God Really Say…

March 25, 2024

Read Numbers 14, Psalm 84, Mark 8

What are some of the most amazing places you have visited before? What do you love about them? Are you a beach or mountain person? We all have had places that we have gone to and wanted to go back and spend more time there. There is a difference between a visit and then dwelling. Often many people “visit” with the Lord. They pop in and out occasionally when it works with their schedules and desires. Very few will take time and “dwell” in the house of the Lord and in his presence. In Psalm 84 the author describes the “dwelling place” where the Lord is. The psalmist wants to go and be there with the Lord. “How lovely is your dwelling-place, O LORD Almighty! ² My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” vv. 1-2. The thought that comes is the blessing of those who get to dwell in the house of the Lord. “O LORD Almighty, my King and my God. ⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you” vv. 3-4. The psalmist has discovered the real blessings are when we make our dwelling place with the Lord. The world may look like they are having fun but the long-lasting blessings come when we stay in the relationship with the Lord. He can truly say, “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.” v. 10.

What are some of the blessings that you have experienced in your time spent with the Lord?
What else do you read and see in these three chapters? Add your thoughts below.

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