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Psalm 84: A Secret Revelation Centered on the House of God
Posted on Feb 20, 2012 | 4 comments
“How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!” (Psalm 84:1)
“Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion.” (Psalm 84:5)
Psalm 84 brings us to a special, secret revelation of the enjoyment of Christ as the incarnated God. The center of this revelation is the house of God. Today the house of God is Christ (John 1:1, 14) and also the church (1 Tim. 3:15). Psalm 84 reveals the loveliness of God’s house, the longing for God’s house, the highways to God’s house, and the blessings received when dwelling in God’s house. May the Lord keep us on the highways to His house all the days of our life!
I pray that the Lord would give me and all of us the same longing and heart for God’s house that the psalmist had. How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts (Psa. 84:1)!
It’s so meaningful that Christ’s incarnation is described as “tabernacling” among us in John 1:14. This shows us that not only is Christ the fulfillment of the Old Testament tabernacle, but that God wants us to ENTER INTO Him and enjoy Him just as the Old Testament priests did regarding the tabernacle. The more we enjoy Christ in this way, the more strongly we will declare, “How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!”
Wow! What an awesome revelation in Psalm 84! 1) The loveliness of God’s house 2) The psalmist longing for God’s house 3) The highways for God’s house 4) The blessings of dwelling in God’s house.I like in verse 2, the Psalmist longs and even faints to be in God’s house. Perhaps because he saw, like the brother shared, the four aspects. I pray that God will show me more how wonderful His house is!
I was just really encouraged that we are not running this Christian race by ourselves. In verse 6, like our brother highlighted, it says “THEY make it a spring.” This shows that in God’s house, we are not alone, but we are with “they”! In God’s house, we not only enjoy God and are strengthened by God, but we also enjoy all the other believer’s portions and experiences of Christ and we are even strengthened by our fellow believers.
Sometimes we may go through difficult times, but God’s promise in verse 7 is that “THEY go from strength to strength.” God is strengthening us, but as we run with one another, we also strengthen one another as well. Thank You, Lord, that we can be in Your lovely house!