Sunday, October 23, 2016

Psalm 132

I will not give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
Until I find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. vv.4-5


Read chapter 132
This psalm was written by David as we can tell from the context of the first ten verses of his  desire to bring the ark, the dwelling place of the Lord, to a place of rest.  We read of the account in 1 Samuel 7 and 2 Samuel 6.  You may remember the story when David desired to bring the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem but then in transportation one of the men carrying it accidentally touched it and was struck dead by God so then the ark is rerouted to another place.  A few months later David realizes how much he desires the ark and eventually gets it to Jerusalem.  The ark wasn't this idol worship but as we read in Exodus 25 the ark is where God met and spoke with man.
In these verses we note that David wanted the presence of the Lord more than he wanted sleep, and  God knows how much we all love our sleep.  David saw the blessings the ark brought to the place where the ark was rerouted and desired those blessings too.  As Beth Moore notes, "God cannot abide near you without blessing you."  
Do you desire God's presence more than sleep?  Even through hardships, like a death, we can try to put God in another place away from us, but that will only make us long for Him more whether we realize our long is for Him or not.  When have you put God at distance because of something you didn't agree with Him on?  What resulted?

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