Daily Devotion

June 30, 2006

Psalms 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

How could one who dwells in God’s house not praise the LORD? One would think that to be close to God in the service of His house, meeting with Him every day for inspiration, getting His wise counsel, would naturally produce a spirit of overcoming praise.  What fear, trouble or worry could tease us when we are close to the Father?  

Sad to say, many a life, though displaying a form of ‘spirituality’, does not project this spirit of overcoming praise.  Oh yes, it is easy to praise the Lord at the appointed times in public and at church, but what about in the privacy of your home at the dinner table, --and what about in the privacy of your hearts (Pro 15:3)?

How can you tell others to have faith in the omnipotent God, when your own spirit is overcome by personal conditions? Do you inform the simple about the “peace of God that passes all understanding” (Phil 4:7) when all the while you are subject to fear and fretting? Do you advise others to praise in the midst of their adversity, but you are weakened by a ‘murmur’ in your heart? Do you pray “Our Father” but live as if you were an orphan?

Brother, you do not need to tell me if you “dwell” in the Father’s house; you do not need to inform me, prove to me that you live close to the presence of God. If you do, in your presence I will smell the Rose of Sharon (SOS 2:1), in your songs, I will be cradled by the harmony of the stars. From your lips will drop the wisdom of the ancients; from your heart the peace of the Conquering King.  Your words will project overcoming praise.  

So are blessed all those whose who “dwell” in the house of God.

Col 3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Patrick Lumbroso
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