2 Samuel 2: 8-32, 2 Samuel 3: 1-21, John 21, Psalm 84: 8-12
Psalm 84: 10-11 (ESV)
“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand
elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in
the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows
favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
I love verses 10 and 11 from Psalm 84. The psalmist loves
God so much that he would rather spend a day in the court of God than a thousand
days away from God. The psalmist would rather humbly serve in the house of God,
than to live a luxurious life in “tents of wickedness.” The bible commentaries
I read said that the doorkeeper in the lowliest position in a house, because the
doorkeeper is first in and last out of a house. The psalmist then says God is a
source of blessing like the sun and a defense as well. The psalmist says God had
made a promise to not withhold blessings from those who love and follow him.
When I read these verses, it makes me wonder if I have the same
kind of love for God that the Psalmist says he does. I know I would love to be
in God’s house, but I don’t know about the most humblest position part. I’ve
been in the role before where I had the lowliest jobs in a department, and I
didn’t like it very much. I loved the group of people I worked with, but I did
not like having the lowliest position. Some people can do that with a glad
heart, but when I did it I had a very hard time. I’m thinking it would be
different in the house of God, but I honestly don’t know if my feelings would
still be the same. I would have to give up a lot of pride to serve in the most
lowliest position, and would need God’s grace daily to do it.
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