Psalm 84

Okay so as my first blog post I am going to say upfront that most of them will be based on a specific passage of scripture. So have your Bibles ready to read the passage so it will be easier to follow what I'm talking about.
Today's Quiet Time was pretty cool. I'm guessing that it is the Psalm referred to in the writing of the song "Better is one day". This was a song or hymn that pilgrims sang on their way to the Temple, at the Temple and on their way back from the Temple. One thing that really struck me was the fact that when they were singing this song in the past, the only place they could go to worship was the Temple. They didn't have the freedom that we have today to worship God. Think about it; the only way that they experienced the prescence of God was in the Temple. So what about us? Where is God's Temple today? You guessed it; us! How amazing is it that the Spirit of God, who is God, makes His dwelling place in us?! And how often do we take that for granted? So do we believe that there is no place we would rather be than experiencing God? So many people have this mindset that we are not priveledged like the Old Testament believers who were able to hear God's voice, or like the early church who experienced Pentecost and healings and works of the Holy Spirit. You think how cool that would be if we saw that today. I used to think the same way until I decided to let God work through me. I saw Him do things beyond my imagination. All I had to do was give Him what is not really mine anway; my life. How lovely is His dwelling place, and we are His dwelling place. God made us beautiful and lovely through the work of Jesus Christ. Our response should be surrender and worship. The last verse in this Psalm says blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord. In other words, happy is the man who trusts in the Lord. You want true joy, true happiness, true satisfaction? Then give your life to God. Allow Him to make you that lovely dwelling place. Abide in Him because a day of experiencing God and spending time with Him is better than a thousand in all the other miserable places in this universe.