“One thing I have asked from Jehovah;/ That do I seek:/ To dwell in the house of Jehovah/ All the days of my life. / To behold the beauty of Jehovah,/ And to inquire in His temple” (Psa. 27:4)
In Psalm 1 the psalmist appreciated the law to the uttermost, but in Psalm 27 he no longer appreciated the law. Instead, he appreciated dwelling in the house of God to behold God's loveliness. He desired to dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of his life (v. 4). This is to enjoy God, not the law, in God's house. We can see that at times the psalmist was with the group of Cain in the line of the knowledge of good and evil, but at other times God turned him to be with the group of Abel in the line of life.
The temple of God is the only thing the Old Testament seeking ones were after. Their feelings, their affections, and their appreciation were for God’s house. Our God is a lovable person with a lovely dwelling place; God Himself is enjoyable, and His dwelling place is also enjoyable. When we are beholding God’s beauty, we are in a very pleasant, delight and lovely atmosphere. 2 Cor. 3:18 says that we can have an unveiled face to behold the glorious face of the Lord in glory. In our time with the Lord in the morning, it is best to have short prayers with a number of “selahs” so that we can behold the Lord, look at the Lord.
The Psalmist also inquired of God in His temple, this means that we can check with God about everything in our daily life. We all must desire to dwell in the house of God, in Christ, in the local churches to behold God’s beauty.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God
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Scriptural base & additional references
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1) Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah; That do I seek: To dwell in the
house of Jehovah All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah,
And to inquire in His temple.
2) 2 Cor. 3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the
glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory
to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.
3) Life-Study of Psalms, Ch. 1, 8
4) Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms, ch. 6
5) The Vision of God's Building, ch. 12
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