Blessed Is The One Who Trusts In God. Psalm 84

Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, whose heart is set on pilgrimage as they pass through the Valley Of Baca, they make it a spring. The rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength. Each one appears before God in Zion. O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, oh God of Jacob. Selah. O Lord excuse me. O God, behold our shield and look upon the face of your anointed. For a day in your court is better than a thousand, and I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my god than dwell in the tents of wickedness. [00:38:15] (42 seconds)  #strengthInPilgrimage

Do not fear therefore, you are of more values than many sparrows. Swallow comes from a word that means to turn, to roll, and to run constantly. Fits the bird. It's a common symbol for restlessness. Isn't it amazing and wonderful that the house of God, our God ministers to both sparrows and swallows? Maybe you feel that, know, man, you're not worth much. God says no. Oh, you are far more valuable. Far more valuable to me than anything else. And maybe you feel, man, I just I'm restless. I never can just settle down. I just need to God says, I have a place for you as well in my house. [00:55:40] (57 seconds)  #valuedLikeSparrows

the bottom line, the Valley Of Baca is emblematic of human life. It's a name for any difficult and painful place in life where everything seems hopeless, you feel helpless, like in the pit of despair, you know, it's just like, what am I gonna do here? Where am I gonna go? But there's comfort and blessing from the Lord that we only experience in those valleys, in those valleys of tears. The fellowship of sharing in his sufferings. As Paul talked about, wanting to share in the sufferings of Christ, the fellowship. [01:08:53] (44 seconds)  #valleyOfBacaHope

God is the strength of all who trust in him. Merely dwelling in the house of God is not enough for that blessedness that God wants to give. Merely coming on a Sunday morning or on a Wednesday night or to a special event is not enough. The blessing comes to the one who is actively engaged in seeking to worship God with their whole being, heart, soul, and mind. And you understand, when we're talking about worship God, it's not that we sang songs that was part of worship, but worship God is far more than that. We're worshiping now as we study his word together. [01:00:03] (42 seconds)  #wholeheartedWorship

For the Lord our God, verse 11, is a sun and shield. The Lord will give grace and glory. No good thing with will he withhold for those who walk uprightly. This is the only time you see in the bible that God is compared to a sun, s u n. The sun gives light, warmth, beauty. We can't really see the creation as it is intended without the light. We've experienced several days here with cloudy and, you know, dreary outside, Still beautiful times, but, you know, it's the sun. God is the source of light, joy, and happiness. And again, that shield. [01:23:25] (41 seconds)  #GodSunAndShield

If it doesn't come our way, it just simply means it's not truly good or it's just not the right time. God delights to give good gifts. He is the giving God and he gives grace and glory. Grace for the journey and glory for the end of the journey. If we walk by faith and whatever begins with grace will ultimately end with glory. God does not give us everything we want, but he gives us all that we need. Praise God for that. Finally, oh, Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you. [01:26:17] (46 seconds)  #graceForJourney

The Lord will give grace and glory. Grace or favor here and glory and honor in the world to come. God's gonna bestow all needful favor on his people in this life. He will admit them to glory in the world to come. Grace and glory are connected. Romans eight twenty eight and eight to 20, you know, through 30, you guys know that passage. Right? But I'm gonna focus on verse 30 that he whom he predestined, he also called. Whom he called, these he also justified. Whom he justified, these he also glorified. I love it. It's in the past tense. It's a done deal. [01:24:07] (42 seconds)  #graceGloryAssurance

We are we are anointed by the lord's grace. We are, our desire is that that we would continue to look upon him. For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. I'd rather serve, and I love to serve. And I hope you have a heart to serve one another. I'd rather I'd we have a when I when I taught this back a couple of years ago, we had people fighting over opening the doors for everybody. And then, you know, in good humor, it's like, nope, I'd rather be the doorkeeper. But the point was that we should serve one another. [01:19:58] (40 seconds)  #serveAsDoorkeeper