kjv@Psalms:84:1@ How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
kjv@Psalms:84:2@ My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
kjv@Psalms:84:3@ Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
kjv@Psalms:84:4@ Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
kjv@Psalms:84:5@ Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
kjv@Psalms:84:6@ Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
kjv@Psalms:84:7@ They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
kjv@Psalms:84:8@ O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
kjv@Psalms:84:9@ Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
kjv@Psalms:84:10@ For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
kjv@Psalms:84:11@ For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
kjv@Psalms:84:12@ O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
It is often calculated that a compassionate God is not a God of judgement. Here we see a soul longing/fainting for the courts of the Lord. What is it that makes His courts desirable? Judgement is what is most needed in order for true compassion to stand out and take hold. It is because judgement is missing that our position is as it is. We have delegated judgment to ourselves but fail to pursue it. We do what is right in our own eyes and the world becomes a hateful desperate place because of it. Better is a day in His courts than a thousand with the wicked indeed!
Judgment/Compassion. Have you ever worked for a company that was failing miserably? The employees/customers were pulling it apart at the seems? When a new manager comes in the first thing for him/her to do is to right the ship, and to do this he/she must pronounce judgment. The judgment is even handed; "it is my way or the highway". As hard as these transformations are, I cannot tell you the relief these judgments have especially to the loyal and invested and badly abused workers. To see a company go from a delinquent detention center to a fully functioning productive enterprise is perhaps the best compassion available. This is more like God's judgments; they are only harsh to those who deserve them.
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