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SCRIPTURE READING:
INTRO:
Have you ever struggled with your heart?
Wrong desires
Covetousness
Envy
Entitlement
Lust
One preacher said:
sin (lust for example) “gets its power by persuading me to believe that I will be more happy if I follow it.
The power of all temptation is the prospect that it will make me happier.”
One of the greatest challenges we face is to keep a right heart.
This psalm reveals the heart’s desire of the writer.
We are not sure who is the writer God used to give us this psalm.
It could have been David while out of Jerusalem due to Absalom’s rebellion and since it seemed to be written before the Babylonian captivity and prior to the temple being built.
Another reason is because verses 8-9 almost strangely insert a prayer for the king, when the rest of the psalm is largely personal between the writer and God.
It could have been a Levite priest away from the tabernacles.
It could have been a Jew reflecting on his journeys to the tabernacles and his worship.
Whoever it was, the writer had righteous desires that God blesses, and he described them here in this psalm.
The desires remind me of Jesus’ words in the Gospel of Mark:
Jesus was quoting the OT:
PROPOSITION:
It is vital that you and I, by God’s grace, keep a healthy heart with righteous desires.
God blesses righteous desires.
TRANSITION:
Psalm 84 reveals three righteous desires God blesses.
#1 Desire to Dwell in God’s Presence (vs.
1-4)
vs. 1 God’s tabernacles are both loved and lovely
vs. 2 His soul, heart, and flesh long for and cry out to God
vs. 3 He observes how blessed are the birds that nest in God’s tabernacles
vs. 4 Happy and blessed are they (maybe priests) who dwell in God’s house.
They praise God.
#2 Desire to Travel the Way to God (vs.
5-9)
vs. 5 Find your strength in God; desire the way to God’s presence (Zion)
vs. 6 Because of the desire and God’s grace (rain), even dry, sorrowful roads are made joyous
vs. 6 Possibly he makes a well for himself and for travels coming next
vs.
7 Continues from strength to strength even when they are dry times between
vs. 7 Possibly travels from well to well
vs. 8-9 Asks God to look upon the king (possibly the writer, David)
#3 Desire to Choose God First (vs.
10-12)
vs. 10a One day in God’s presence is better than a 1000 anywhere else
vs. 10b Rather be a doorkeeper (like some of the sons of Korah) or even just be positioned in the very back by the door in God’s presence than dwell in the finest of places with the wicked.
vs. 11s God is a sun and shield to us
vs. 11b God gives grace (favor) and glory (honor)
vs. 11c God does not withhold good from those who walk uprightly with Him
vs. 12 Happy and blessed are those who trust God (sums it up)
CONCLUSION:
Be blessed by God as you desire first God’s way and presence.
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