The Road to Him

Psalm 84

English Standard Version (ESV)

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)The Gittith.^[a] A Psalm of ^(B)the Sons of Korah.

84 How ^(C)lovely is your ^(D)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
² My soul ^(E)longs, yes, ^(F)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(G)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,
    ^(H)my King and my God.
^4 (I)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(J)singing your praise! Selah

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    ^(K)in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[b]
6 As they go through the Valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    ^(L)the early rain also covers it with ^(M)pools.
⁷ They go ^(N)from strength to strength;
    each one ^(O)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O ^(P)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
    give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
^9 (Q)Behold our ^(R)shield, O God;
    look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰ For a day ^(S)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^(T)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(U)a sun and ^(V)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(W)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(X)walk uprightly.
¹² O Lord of hosts,
    ^(Y)blessed is the one who trusts in you!

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As I read this I had to think about the road that I am traveling on.  Is it the road to Zion or is it the road to success?  How often do we get lost on that road to success?   Yet the road to Zion has a perfect road map so that we have a clear vision as to where we should go. All we have to do is pick up our Bibles each day and read the directions to that place of rest.  And if we get stuck along the way we just need to call on our guide to direct us and then trust the directions that He gives us. 

So often I know that I get stuck in the here and now and forget that we have a future with Him far greater than this earth.   We worry about everything here on this earth but when we are in His courts we will realize that worry was not needed.  When we focus ahead with our head held high and follow His ways we find that the path in this life is not a rugged as we thought.  We find that He will lead us to that promised life with Him where we will dwell in His courts forever.

For those who think they only have this life to live and that after we die there is nothing, they are the ones that live a life of despair for they believe they have future beyond earth. All successes and failures, they believe, end at their death.  Yet we know that is just the beginning of their failures.  But those who believe on the name of the Lord will have eternal life with Him, now that worth living for!     I cannot imagine living for nothing but a grave.  Life would be meaningless and not work living if that is all I had to look forward to.

So remember, when you get on the rocky road God is there to guide you through if you will but seek Him with all your heart.  For better is one day in His court than any day on this earth.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila