Psa 84:1-2 How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
When we visit friends or on vacation, we feel thrilled by ‘their’ places and all efforts are done to give us “a home away from home” atmosphere. But despite the good people,weather and hospitality, we are still pilgrims . This is not meant to be home. In a short while,homesick crouches and we start longing for our true residence,and the heart detaches and flies back home. Home is what is familiar and comfortable.
The psalmist had tasted and experienced the goodness of dwelling in God’s presence to a point that it became his residence. He was drooling over the thought of being home where God’s presence was. His soul was longing so deeply that he bursts out with song to the LORD.
How often do our longings for home have anything to do with God? Do we feel like pilgrims away from the presence of God? Do we near the point of fainting when we think of being in his presence? Our hearts were made to consistently yearn and be at home with God. “O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water” (Psa 63:1). How beautiful it is to enjoy the sweet presence of our God!
Further readings:
1Chro 17:9
Joh 14:2-3
Joh 14:23
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