PSALM 84:1-12 WORSHIPING THE LORD
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
THE WHOLE REASON THAT GOD WANTED MOSES TO BUILD THE TABERNACLE IS TO HAVE A MEETING PLACE
SINCE YOU CANNOT GO UP, I’M COMING DOWN TO DWELL AMONGST YOU
SINCE YOUR CAR BROKE DOWN, I WILL COME AND PICK YOU UP
SINCE YOU CANNOT COME INTO THE HEAVENLIES, WE WILL BUILD A PATTERN OF WHAT I HAVE UP HERE, SO I CAN COME DOWN TO YOU
IF WE WOULD EVER STOP COMING TO CHURCH AS JUST A SOCIAL CLUB AND COME TO LEARN THE GUIDELINES OF OUR FAITH, WE WOULD NO LONGER BE TOSSED TO AND FRO WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE
THE TABERNACLE WASA TENT THAT COULD BE ERECTED ANYWHERE, SO KING DAVID WANTED GOD TO HAVE A MORE PERMANENT DWELLING PLACE AMONGST THEM
HOWEVER, KING DAVID WASN’T ALLOWED TO BUILD, BUT HIS SON SOLOMON WOULD BE CHOSEN BY GOD TO BUILD THIS PERMANENT DWELLING PLACE
THUS, SOLOMON HAD FINISHED BUILDING THE TEMPLE, BUT WANTED THE ARK OF THE COVENANT BROUGHT TO ITS PLACE IN THE TEMPLE
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT REPRESENTED THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF GOD AND JESUS CHRIST
AND GOD SAID THAT HE WOULD COMMUNE WITH HIS CREATION FROM ABOVE THE MERCY SEAT ON THE ARK
THUS, BEFORE THE ACTUAL DEDICATION SERVICE AT THE TEMPLE TOOK PLACE
SOLOMON HAD THE ARK MOVED INTO THE TEMPLE
THIS WOULD MAKE THE TEMPLE THE DESIGNATED PLACE FOR WORSHIP AND WHERE THE PRESENCE OF GOD WOULD ESPECIALLY BE MANIFESTED
THIS WAS IMPORTANT IF THE TEMPLE WAS TO BE THE SIGNIFICANT PLACE OF WORSHIP
GOD’S PRESENCE MUST BE AT THE TEMPLE OR IT WAS JUST ANOTHER BUILDING
IT WAS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT GAVE THE TEMPLE THE ATTRACTION AND BEAUTY THAT WOULD DRAW THE WORSHIPERS
SINCE THIS WOULD BE THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD, 3 THINGS WOULD ACCOMPANY IT
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I. WORSHIP WOULD BE REQUIRED
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord:
My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
They will be still praising thee. Selah.
A. IN ORDER TO WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS PROPERLY, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ATTRACTION FOR HIM
How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord Almighty!
MOST OF THE CHURCH’S ATTRACTION TODAY ARE THE FEEL GOOD MESSAGES THAT NEVER ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF SIN AND WRONGDOING
PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA DURING THE SERVICE
PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO MANY OTHER THINGS BUT THE HOUSE OF GOD
PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE NEWEST MODEL CAR, THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO MONEY, TALL FAIR AND HANDSOME, AND LET’S NOT FORGET 36, 28, 34.
BUT, THE PSALMIST’S GREATEST ATTRACTED WAS THE PRESENCE IN THE TEMPLE
HE WASN’T ATTRACTED TO POSITION
IF YOU ARE GOING TO WORSHIP GOD PROPERLY, THEN YOU NEED AN ATTRACTION FOR HIM
HE IS JIREH, RAPHA, ROHE, SHAMMAH, SHALOM, TSIDKENU, M’KKEDESH
HE IS THE I AM AND YOU SHOULD BE ATTRACTED TO WHO HE IS
THIS GODLY ATTRACTION GIVES A GODLY AMBITION
NOT LIKE ABSALOM WHO STOLE THE THRONE FROM HIS FATHER
IT IS NOT TO BECOME THE NEXT BISHOP, IT IS NOT TO DEVELOP A REPUTATION IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
IT IS NOT LIKE LUCIFER TO BECOME LIKE GOD, NOR IS IT LIKE THE BUILDERS OF BABEL-TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES
MY AMBITION IS TO KNOW CHRIST MORE
AND THAT I MAY KNOW HIM IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS RESURRECTION AND FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS
MY AMBITION IN THE HOUSE OF GOD IS TO HAVE THE SPIRIT KEEP ON FILLING ME
I DO NOT WANT MY NAME TO BE LIFTED UP, I WANT HIS NAME TO BE LIFTED UP
HE SAID, IF I BE LIFTED UP WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO ME
ALONG WITH ATTRACTION AND AMBITION IS ABIDING
IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR GOD TO DWELL WITH US IF WE DO NOT DWELL WITH HIM
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU RECEIVE BY DWELLING AND NOT JUST VISITING
YOU HAVE TO DO MORE THAN JUST VISITING GOD WHEN YOU ARE IN TROUBLE
BECAUSE THE REAL BLESSINGS COME FROM DWELLING
IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES, STRONG AND WEAK, WHEN I AM RIGHT OR WRONG, IF I AM HEALTHY OR I AM SICK
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge,
Even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee,
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands,
Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him,
And shew him my salvation.
PSALM 91
THIS IS NOT A PROMISE FOR VISITORS
THIS IS A PROMISE FOR DWELLERS
CONSISTENT, ALL OF THE TIME DWELLERS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
GOD DOES NOT WANT A ONE NIGHT STAND WITH YOU
HE WANTS YOU MONDAY THRUE SUNDAY
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THESE PEOPLE THAT TRY GOD AND THEY TRY HIM FOR A FEW WEEKS AND SAY, IT IS NOT WORKING
IT IS DESIGNED LIKE THAT, TO KEEP THE IMPOSTERS OUT
ANOTHER WORD FOR THIS IS ABIDING
THIS REMINDS ME OF
WILL YOU PRAISE ME SINGLE, LONELY, DEPRESSED, SICK, IN A CRISIS
HE THAT DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE...
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT THERE IS A SECRET PLACE
THE BIBLE SAYS, THE SECRET OF THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT FEAR HIM AND HE WILL SHOW THEM HIS COVENANT
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD WON’T TELL YOU UNTI YOU DWELL, UNTIL YOU ABIDE
TELL SOMEONE, I AM GOING TO DWELL
INA BAD SEASON, I WILL DWELL, WITH CHALLENGES, IN DIFFICULTIES, IN ADVERSITY
I AM NOT GOING TO VISIT, I AM GOING TO DWELL
IF YE ABID IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU..........
IN THE OPENING OF THE CHURCH, WORSHIP IS REQUIRED
II. WORSHIP IS RENDERED
SINCE THERE IS ONE PLACE THAT GOD HAS CAUSED HIS NAME TO DWELL
AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GIVE GOD WORSHIP, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’VE BEEN ON A LONG JOURNEY
OR THINGS HAVEN’T TURNED OUT THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TOO
YOUR FAITH COULD BE FAILING BECAUSE OF PAST UNSATISFACTION
YOUR WORSHIP COULD BE FAILING BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUFFERED SOME DEFEATS IN YOUR LIFE
YOUR WORSHIP COULD BE FAILING BECAUSE GOD HAS BEEN CORRECTING YOU
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
HEBREWS 12:11-13
HOWEVER, WHEN HIS PRESENCE IS YOUR ATTRACTION, AFFECTION, AND ABIDING
YOU DON’T DRAW THE STRENGTH TO WORSHIP FOR YOURSELF
YOU START DRAWING YOUR STRENGTH FROM GOD
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT YOU STEP INTO A BEATITUDE
THIS IS A STATE OF BLESSEDNESS FROM GOD
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO LITERAL WAY TO TRANSLATE THE WORD BEATITUDE IN HEBREW
THE CLOSEST YOU CAN GET TRANSLATING THE ASRE IS HOW REWARDING IS THE LIFE
THUS, WHEN YOU START DEVELOPING YOUR STRENGTH IN GOD, YOUR LIFE WILL BE GREATLY REWARDED
REWARDED BECAUSE HUMAN STRENGTH WILL FAIL
BUT REWARDED, BECAUSE IT IS NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY HIS SPIRIT
AND ONCE YOU START WALKING IN THE REWARDED LIFE OF GOD’S STRENGTH, YOU ARE ABLE TO CHANGE AND TRANSFORM DIFFERENT SITUATION AND CIRCUMSTANCES
IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY LOW AREAS THAT YOU GO THROUGH IN LIFE
IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY VALLEY EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAVE
WHEN YOU CAN NOW DRAW UPON THE LORD’S STRENGTH, THESE SITUATIONS NO LONGER INTIMIDATE YOU
BECAUSE THERE IS A PLACE IN WORSHIP THAT SICKNESS CANNOT FOLLOW, WHERE DEPRESSION CANNOT FOLLOW
AND AS YOU LEARN THAT THESE THINGS CANNOT FOLLOW AS YOU RENDER GOD THE WORSHIP DUE HIS NAME
YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO GOD THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE ADVERSITIES BECAUSE YOU START SEEING ADVERSITIES AS OPPORTUNITIES
THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE TRAVELING TO THE TEMPLE TO WORSHIP GOD HAD STARTED TRUSTING IN GOD’S STRENGTH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VALLEY THAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE TO TEARS
THE VALLEY OF BACA, WHICH MEANS THE VALLEY OF WEEPING STARTS TO BE CHANGED
BECAUSE OF THE REWARDED LIFE OF TRUSTING GOD’S STRENGTH, THEY TRANSFORM THIS VALLEY OF WEEPING INTO SPRINGS OF WATER THAT WILL REFRESH AND SATISFY
YOU CAN BRING REFRESHING TO ANYPLACE AS LONG AS YOUR STRENGTH IS IN CHRIST
AND BECAUSE YOU ARE BRINGING WORSHIP REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, THEY WALK IN THEIR PURPOSE GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND FROM GLORY TO GLORY
AND AS A RESULT, GOD PROTECTS US IN THE TIME OF OUR NEED
HE BECOMES A SHIELD AROUND ABOUT YOU
AFTER YOU HAVE OFFERED THE WORSHIP REQUIRED AND GIVEN CHRIST THE WORSHIP HE DESERVES
III. NOW YOUR WORSHIP WILL BE REWARDED
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
THERE IS ONE GOD AND ONE MAN
AS YOU WORSHIP GOD WITH YOUR ENTIRE BEING, CHRIST USHERS YOU INTO THE THRONE ROOM AND THE FATHER BEGINS SERVING BACK TO YOU THE INHERITANCE THAT CHRIST PAID FOR YOU ON THE CROSS
GOD BRINGS SATISFACTION INTO YOUR LIFE
EXAMPLE-THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
GOD REWARDS YOUR WORSHIP WITH SUFFICIENCY
HE BECOMES A SUN AND A SHIELD UNTO YOU-REPRESENTING PROTECTION
DO YOU WANT TO BE PROTECTED FROM ALL THE ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY
DON’T WAIT UNTIL HE ATTACKS
BECOME A WORSHIPER EVERY DAY
GOD REWARDS YOUR WORSHIP WITH KINDNESS-THE LORD WILL GIVE GRACE AND GLORY
HE WILL REWARD YOUR WORSHIP WITH PROMISE-NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM THEM THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY
HE REWARDS WITH SAFETY-THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM ARE BOTH SAFE AND BLESSED
ULTIMATELY HE REWARDS YOU WITH PROSPERITY FOR YOUR PURPOSE.