Psalms 84:1 I. Consider who is the Father of this home. He is the almighty God. With what confidence it becomes the children of such a Father to depend on their home being replenished with happiness! He is your Father; treat Him not as your enemy. Recommend His house by your cheerfulness. Melanchol... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 84:2 The whole of this Psalm is the uttered desire of a soul for public worship. Yet, after all, the Psalmist reaches the climax of desire not when he speaks of the sanctuary, but of God Himself. I. Observe the desire of heart and flesh the living God. If a man wishes to know whether he is r... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 84:3 I. The first point in the analogy is that of rest and home home rest. The house of God, the house of the Father, and the elder Brother, and all the children, is, and must be from its nature, a home. All needed rest and comfort is to be found in it. II. Liberty. To the soul in God's hou... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 84:5 I. Every true Christian must expect to have his own private "valley of Baca." (1) But even this shows the intelligence which is resident in our trials. Nothing happens; all is ordered. And one of our arguments to prove we are in the true way is found in the discovery that it leads throu... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 84:7 _(with Ephesians 4:15)_ There is a whole "Pilgrim's Progress" in this text from the wicket-gate to the Celestial City. And, indeed, it is a pilgrim's song, the song of the Israelites ascending from the extreme parts of their nation to the great assembling of the people. And the Church... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 84:11 Perhaps no other object in nature has so many attributes that fit it to represent a supreme and invisible source of power, and life, and government as the sun. I. Observe its universality, as a fit emblem of the universal power of God. II. The forthstreaming of light and power from t... [ Continue Reading ]