Britt Worthan | Winston, Georgia
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DAVID’S HEART’S DESIRE Psalm 84 “How amiable (lovely) are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!” The temple of extraordinary beauty was not yet constructed as David wrote this psalm, therefore he speaks here of the tabernacle which was lowly and more suited to pilgrims, of which the psalm is devoted, rather than to a great kingdom. It was small and becoming to King David himself. Therefore to the Church there is no need of vast or lustrous temples to the end that they should love the house of God. “Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.” Read Acts 2:2; 2:6; 2:46; 5:42; 16:40; 17:5; and Acts 18:7, “And he departed there, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.” Why do you suppose it was called in the plural form, tabernacles? I think to include “the holiest of all”, “the holy place”, and “the court and precincts of the tabernacle”. Amiable is affirmed of these; the courts amiable, the holy place more amiable, and the holiest of all most amiable; all represent the Church, the House of God. Everything about the tabernacle (which typified the Church) was amiable; beautiful, friendly, affable, cordial, warm, pleasant, pleasing and lovable! All this was David’s heart’s desire. Why was it called the tabernacles “O Lord of Hosts”? I think to denote its connection with the boundless universe and its distinction from it. Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.” Some enlarge the meaning to read, “Present everywhere where God is, particularly present where His people are gathered.” And why is it called amiable? Amiable means having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner: friendly, sociable, and congenial. Because of the character in which God dwells here, it is amiable: is condescension amiable? Is love? Is mercy? Is grace? These are all displayed in the tabernacle, the House of God. It is amiable because of the purpose for which He resides here. What is that purpose? To save sinners and to comfort saints; therefore He gathers in the midst of them. We could say, He gathers with the humble who gather in the humble setting of a house. Not with the Egyptian Pyramid Builders! We have come into His House And gathered in His Name to worship Him. We have come into His House And gathered in His Name to worship Him. We have come into His House and gathered in His Name To worship Christ the Lord. Worship Him, Christ the Lord.
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