Psalm 84:2-6a

Nov. 1998

Scriptures personalized by me-

Psalm 84 continued-

2 MY SOUL LONGETH, YEA, EVEN FAINTETH FOR THE COURTS OF THE LORD: MY
HEART AND MY FLESH CRIETH OUT FOR THE LIVING GOD.

O Lord, all that is within me pines for Thee this morning! Lord, how I have missed our QUALITY TIME these last few months! I feel this morning that I shall quite FAINT away if I cannot walk outside and cry aloud for Thee. things have not quite been the same since my
miscarriage. O Lord, sickness has dulled my spiritual senses. Please give grace that I might walk close to Thee again! My heart and my flesh crieth out for the LIVING GOD! You are my Jehovah, my LIFE! You are the One who gives me breath today, both physically and spiritually. I feel that You have given me back my physical life, and You are beginning to revive me. And now, O Lord, be pleased to revive me spiritually as well. Although I have thoroughly enjoyed doing the indepth Bible study through Isaiah by listening to sermons
each day, I have come to realize that nothing fully replaces the deep personal study and meditation of Your Word. Lord, I NEED a personal WORD from You each day--that is LIFE! Bring LIFE! Lord, once again! "Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee." (Ps. 73:25) In Jesus' name. Amen!

3 YEA, THE SPARROW HATH FOUND AN HOUSE, AND THE SWALLOW A NEST FOR
HERSELF, WHERE SHE MAY LAY HER YOUNG, EVEN THINE ALTAR, O LORD OF HOSTS, MY KING, AND MY GOD.

The sparrow has an HABITATION, a place to dwell. The swallow has a special place, too, a very SPECIAL place for her babies, there at thine altars. O Lord, I have a SPECIAL place, too, a HOME, a HABITATION with You in the Spirit, a SPECIAL DWELLING PLACE there in
Your bosom! I long to come HOME and bring my babies with me. Receive me, Lord, as I "build my nest" and lay them there SAFELY in Your arms of love. Build them up, and most of all, keep them spiritually, Lord. Thou art my LORD Jehovah, my LIFE! Thou art my King, my Adonai, my master, and as I bow before You this morning, hear the cry of my heart!

4 BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DWELL IN THY HOUSE: THEY WILL BE STILL PRAISING THEE. SELAH.

All who "SIT DOWN...REMAIN...CONTINUE spiritually in thy house: (habitation) shall not discontinue their worship even after formal and corporate worship is over. They will STILL be praising Thee! Praising can mean "to shine...to make a show, to boast, celebrate, sing praise." Ah, Lord, how I long to continually sing and shine for Thee; how I long to continually celebrate Your PRESENCE, I in You and You in ME!

5 BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE; IN WHOSE HEART ARE THE WAYS OF THEM.

Strength here can mean "security, praise, boldness...strength". I am blessed to have You, Lord, as my STRENGTH and as my SECURITY. If I am bold..if I am strong...if there is any praise in my mouth, it is only because I am IN THEE. I am certainly blessed because "thou hast guided me in thy strength unto thy holy habitation." (Ex. 15:13) "...Underneath me are Your everlasting arms.." (Deut. 33:27) "You are my strength and song and You are become my
salvation! You are my God, and I will prepare You an HABITATION..." (Ex. 15:2) By thy grace, I will prepare a HOME for You. By thy grace, O Lord, make Your HOME, Your HABITATION, here in ME! LIVE IN ME, O Lord!

Lord, the R.V. renders the 2nd part of this verse as "In whose heart are the highways to Zion. Yes, Lord, by your grace, You have placed me on the HIGHWAY to Zion, and You have put the DESIRE in my heart to be on this narrow path even though the way is a way of TEARS, as this
next verse indicates.

6a WHO PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF BACA MAKE IT A WELL;

Hallelujah! I shall PASS THROUGH those valleys of Baca (VALLEYS OF WEEPING). You will see me safely through the valleys, and by Your grace, I shall be enabled to make them a WELL- (i.e. "in the sense of a SPRING; a FOUNTAIN; fig. a source (of SATISFACTION)...") It is true, O Lord, that the very hard and difficult "weeping times" of my life have indeed drawn me closer to YOU. In times like these, Your Holy Spirit has come to me as "springs of living water", (Jn. 7:37- 38) and You have become my complete SATISFACTION!