Psalm 84:10
No matter how nice your day may go or appear to be going; it simply doesn’t compare to a day in the realm of the supernatural… Being in the very presences of God is more than we can even begin to imagine or comprehend. Think about this for a moment, have you ever imagined a world filled with peace and harmony? Have you ever taken time out of your day to contemplate what life would be like if there was no violence, suffering or sin? The psalmist today reminds us of the hope we have to one day live in a world outlined just like that… As a child of God, we yearn to dwell within His courts, we desire to have peace within our hearts and have love poured out all around us… I don’t know about you, but I yearn for that moment where trouble will cease and sin will be no more… Through this psalm we learn the value that we should place on life; but more importantly we learn about the value that we should place on the life to come… This verse starts off by saying, “For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand…” A thousand days of success on this Earth will never lead to the completeness that we will feel on the day when we hear God say “well done…” Most of us probably find this hard to believe, most probably don’t even think that this is possible, but to understand this concept we must appreciate what a day in the courts of the Lord is… Imagine a day when happiness is present from the time you awake to the time you slumber, imagine a day when your kids walked the will of God and not the ways of the world, imagine a day when you could smile and tears would run down your face because of uncontrollable joy…
This is the day that the psalmist is writing about; this is the day that we await when Christ returns… One day with the Lord is more valuable than a thousand on this earth… Think about the first true love you had in your life, think about how much you would give just to spend one more day or one more hour in their presences… This is the same feeling we should have with the Lord, we should want to be in His midst every chance we have, and we should be willing to give up the desires of the flesh to develop a more intimate relationship with Him… A lot of us “love the Lord” when it’s feasible or sufficient; however we are reminded today that the love that we must have should be displayed not matter what and our desires to be with the Lord should outweigh the desires we have on this earth… What I like about today’s scriptures is that the psalmist has realized that being in the presences of God is worth more than anything… These thousand days could be unmerited blessings, it could be riches that every human desires, it could be financial security an the ability to buy any and everything that we want; however, it still does not compare to spending one day with the Lord… The psalmist says, “I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tent of wickedness…”The psalmist realizes that there is no happiness in the tent of wickedness; he understands that there is no true value in the tent of wickedness; he realizes that the way of the world is not the way to go…
When you look at the sin that has taken this world captive, when you look at the evil that has entrapped so many, we begin to understand why it doesn’t matter what title we hold in the kingdom of God… It doesn’t matter about what position I am in, it doesn’t matter about the status that I hold, the psalmist is simply saying that I just want to be counted in the number, I want to see my name in the lamb’s book of life and enjoy the riches of God… We will agree that we would rather be with the Lord than to be in the world… The tents of the wicked can appear to be safe, a tent can protect you from the rain, but if the storm is strong enough it will destroy that tent in a matter of seconds… Today let us stop putting trust in temporary things, let us stop running to a protective covering that won’t last always… Some of the protective coverings are alcohol, drugs and even lustful relationships… These tents appear safe and they may make you feel protected for a moment, but if you want to be secure all the days of your life, if you want to be covered from any hurt, harm or danger than you must place your hand in the hand of the one who sticks closer than a brother…
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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