Reading: 1 Corinthians 11, Numbers 22, and Psalm 84
Scripture: Psalm 84:10, 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.
Observation: Reading this the song “Better is One Day” jumped into my head and started playing on a loop. This chant of how much better it is to be even just in near the presence of God. In western society we have this focus on the here and now and forget about the eternity we will have after this life.
Application: The other day I came across a video of a paster talking about life and eternity. He had a rope that went clear across the stage and you could only see one end and that end was wrapped in red tape for about 4 inches. That 4 inches was our life on earth and the rest of the rope that in essence had no end was eternity. We have this tendency to live for the 4 inches and work hard for the last bit of those 4 inches. This song and portion of Psalm 84 spoke to me saying stop focusing on the first 4 inches and life for eternity.
Prayer: Lord, I thank you that one day in your court being a doorstop or footstool will be so much better a thousand lifetimes here on earth. All the wonders of this world are only but a foreshadowing of what is to come in heaven. You are so wonderful giving is this seek peak into heaven. Lord, I ask that you help us to stop looking to the end of our red section and seek you and the rest of eternity.
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