Altars for Nestlings

Psalm 84

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise! Selah
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
As they go through the Valley of Baca (of weeping)
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
They go from strength to strength;
each one appears before God in Zion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!


Is this not just stunningly exquisite?  The whole psalm, from start to finish?  Yes.  It is beautiful.  Do you see the tenderness, the longing, the highways leading through the hearts of those who are blessed,  "whose strength is in God"?  Who go from strength to strength.  Who appear before God in his holy dwelling.  Whose valley of weeping overflows with springs and pools.  Do you know what this means, friend?  It means when we trust, it is a very, very good entrusting with the Lord God.  It means, "No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly."

It means this:  "O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!" 

Even as we walk through the Valley of Weeping.  It means all of it.