Continuing in Psalm 27 - Written in Nov. 1997
4 ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD, THAT WILL I SEEK AFTER; THAT I MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD, AND TO ENQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE.
Yes, Lord, there is ONE thing that is most important! There is ONE thing that I earnestly desire and beg You for! There is ONE thing I search for and strive for and beseech Thee for! My ONE DESIRE, Lord, is to DWELL WITH YOU! I want to behold (i.e. "mentally perceive,
contemplate with pleasure...") Your beauty (i.e. splendor, grace, pleasantness...)! DWELLING with You, Lord, implies "settling down" with You, "marrying" You, making You my HABITATION - my HOME!
Psalm 71:3 says:
Be thou my strong habitation, whereto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Lord, I don't know how long I may have to live here on this earth. None of us know. Only YOU know. But Lord, I long to make very last moment count for You, and I long to know Your PRESENCE every moment. I long to behold Your beauty and to know that Your arms are always wrapped around me and that I can snuggle up to You. If this is so, surely when it is my time to go through the "river of death", I will FEAR NO EVIL. I want to walk CALMLY with You, Lord, to the very end! As Spurgeon says, "We go through the dark tunnel of death and emerge into the light of immortality. We do not die, we do but sleep to wake in glory." Lord, even now when I think about death, may I EXPERIENCE Your PEACE, and when my time comes to die (unless You return first,), may I FEAR NO EVIL. If I am truly pining after You, O Lord, I will care but little for this life. Being with You will be the thing that really matters, whether it be here or in heaven!
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