The Yearning Continues

This ought to be the perspective in the heart of every born again believer, but I fear it dwells only in a few.

Psalm 84

"1 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! 

2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 

3 The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, My King and my God. 

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. 

5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! 

6 Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. 

7 They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.

9 Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. 

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. 

12 O Lord of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!"