Today's Scripture
1 Chronicles 2:1
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Psalm 43-45 Psalm 49 Psalm 84-85 Psalm 87 (CEB)
How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord of heavenly forces!
2 My very being longs, even yearns,
for the Lord’s courtyards.
My heart and my body
will rejoice out loud to the living God!
3 Yes, the sparrow too has found a home there;
the swallow has found herself a nest
where she can lay her young beside your altars,
Lord of heavenly forces, my king, my God!
4 Those who live in your house are truly happy;
they praise you constantly. Selah
5 Those who put their strength in you are truly happy;
pilgrimage is in their hearts.
6 As they pass through the Baca Valley,
they make it a spring of water.
Yes, the early rain covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength,
until they see the supreme God in Zion.
8 Lord God of heavenly forces,
hear my prayer;
listen closely, Jacob’s God! Selah
9 Look at our shield, God;
pay close attention to the face of your anointed one!
10 Better is a single day in your courtyards
than a thousand days anywhere else!
I would prefer to stand outside the entrance of my God’s house
than live comfortably in the tents of the wicked!
11 The Lord is a sun and shield;
God is favor and glory.
The Lord gives—doesn’t withhold!—good things
to those who walk with integrity.
12 Lord of heavenly forces,
those who trust in you are truly happy!
Devotion
What Does the passage Mean to Me/US?
Today, our in-laws will be visiting our family from Korea.
We are excited to see them, since the last time we saw each was in 2016.
We are busy getting the house cleaned up and ready to have them for the next couple of weeks.
It makes me think, how much we desire to see God face-to-face.
Do we yearn to seek God’s dwelling place?
Like David says, “Better is a single day in your courtyards than a thousand days anywhere else” (v. 10) do we have the full desire to be in that holy presence?
Prayer
Lord, draw us near to your every day, until we see you face-to-face. In Christ name, we pray, AMEN.
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