1 Kings 3-5; Psalm 84
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“Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.” (Psalm 84:10)
I was challenged again recently to think about what my life would
be like if I didn’t know Jesus.
(I’ve actually written about that on here before – check out Week 5 –Day 5.) And just as it says in the
psalm today, I can truly say, being in His presence is better than anything
else. When I think about what my life
would be like without Him, first of all, I praise the Lord for what He’s done
in my life. But it also brings to
mind pictures of people I know who do not know Him.
Someone very dear to me told me they didn’t believe God could hear
their prayers or could do anything to help them. It broke my heart.
I can’t imagine how lonely that must make them feel…how hopeless. After we talked and I was alone, I just
started crying because I wanted so badly for them to know Him and to be able to
feel His presence. The verse from
yesterday came back – O God, do not keep silent! Speak to them right now! Let them know You are there, You are real, You hear them,
You love them!
Then I realized how long it had been since I cried over someone
not knowing the Lord. And other
names and faces started popping up on my heart. Why hadn’t I prayed like that for them? It should break my heart. I should be crying out to the Lord on
their behalf…and bringing others into His courts.
If those we love the most, the unchurched secular minded person, could only see the beauty of where those of us who have accepted Christ get to live one day they would automatically accept Jesus as their Lord, their Master. At One Life Church, our outreach is to the "unchurched secular minded person."
ReplyDelete10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked. 11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lordbestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. 12 O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you! Psalms 84 NET
~Cindy Weaver