One Thing
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold
the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple – Psalm 27:4
My grandmother lived in what the old timers of Ybor City
call a “Cigar Row” or “Shotgun” house. It was over a century old, and I know
now that, even by early 1900 standards, the house was considered small and unexceptional.
But, that house was treasured by everyone in our family; not for the grand
design but for the grandmother living inside.
May-be that’s what the psalmist meant when he said that he wanted
to stay in God’s house as long as he lived. I’m sure his desire wasn’t based on
the architecture of the house, because as a pastor friend pointed out, the “house”
that King David built for the Ark of the Covenant was actually a tent (1 Chronicles 16:1). So, it
must have been the Designer, God, and not the design that caused him to
treasure the place so much.
However, what I really like about this passage of scripture is how
David boils everything down to “one thing”.
Even with all the trouble that surrounded him (Psalm 27:3) David had an
undivided desire to seek God’s face through focused meditation on the character
and person of God.
Perhaps that’s the trouble with many of us. We’re so distracted
by everything around us that we come to a building on Sunday morning, instead
of the Builder. We tragically focus on everything but the “one thing” and we
miss the beauty of our God.
- Take a minute to read the story of Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-41).
- Circle the words “distracted, worried, bothered, things” and “one thing”.
- What got in the way of a word from Jesus?
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