By: Adam McClendon
www.newlineministries.com
Psalm 23:6: Surely
goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in
the house of the Lord forever.
David is not rushing to get home, but by
the way he ends this Psalm, it also becomes apparent that he realizes the
ultimate experience lies beyond this world. God’s ultimate provision, God’s ultimate satisfaction will
not be experienced until David dwells securely in the presence of the almighty
in heaven.
In other words, he proclaims that the
glories of this earth cannot compare with the gates of glory. Despite
all his confidence in God’s providential care in this life, David’s ultimate
desire is to dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
As we work on this perspective, two important thoughts need
to be highlighted:
1. The world is
insufficient: Something better awaits. The best this world offers is incomplete.
This world was does not satisfy. The world is not sufficient. Something better is needed and something better awaits.
Much of the pain and misery, much of the disappointment and
emptiness we experience seems to come from the looking to gain from this world,
what can only be gain in the world to come.
We want eternal comfort now, but we are not yet home.
2.
God has a place for all his sheep.
David is picking up on the idea
that there is an eternal home in which David, along with all of God’s sheep,
will enjoy peacefully dwelling in the presence of the Most High forever.
Notice here that we will not experience the fullness of God
refreshment until heaven. It is
there that God’s path of righteousness ultimately leads. That’s why the Psalmist ends with a
declaration concerning the house of the Lord, which is his dwelling place in
heaven.
Just think. For
the believer in Christ, (gospel) for you who have trusted in Christ’s death and
resurrection as the payment for your sin penalty, you have an eternal home
where you can dwell securely in the presence of God forever.
* No more
sneezing, because no allergies there
* No more
debt
* No more
speeding tickets
* No more
indigestion
* No more
back pain
* No more
dialysis
* No more
chemotherapy
* No more
anxiety
* No more
temptation
* No more
cooking burns
* No more
orphans
* No more
AIDS
* No more
hunger
* No more
kidnappings or murder
* No more
road rage
* No more
oil spills
* No more
lonely nights
* No more
hectic mornings
* No more
regret the morning after
* No more
guilt
* No more
relationship conflict (broken engagements, angry in-laws, upset spouse)
David
then ends his beautiful song reminding us that: the glories of this world
cannot compare with the gates of glory.
I hope to see you there.
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