Psalms 27:4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;
A true Christian is a man of one idea, but that one idea is the noblest that ever possessed the human mind, or influenced the human heart. This idea is one which not only finds a lodging in his brain, but he carries it on in the practice of his daily life: "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after." And what is that one thing?
Psalms 27:4. That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
That is, to gaze upon the mystery of God in Christ, for is not Christ "the beauty of the Lord?" He is rightly called "the brightness of his Father’s glory, and the express image of his person;" So all that we need on earth, or in heaven, is a perpetual vision of Jesus Christ: "to behold the beauty of the Lord," and constantly to be enabled to present our petitions in his temple, and to receive gracious answers of peace to our supplications.
"Father, my soul would fain abide
Within thy temple, near thy side;
But if my feet must hence depart,
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart."
Psalms 27:4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;
A true Christian is a man of one idea, but that one idea is the noblest that ever possessed the human mind, or influenced the human heart. This idea is one which not only finds a lodging in his brain, but he carries it on in the practice of his daily life: "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after." And what is that one thing?
Psalms 27:4. That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
That is, to gaze upon the mystery of God in Christ, for is not Christ "the beauty of the Lord?" He is rightly called "the brightness of his Father’s glory, and the express image of his person;" So all that we need on earth, or in heaven, is a perpetual vision of Jesus Christ: "to behold the beauty of the Lord," and constantly to be enabled to present our petitions in his temple, and to receive gracious answers of peace to our supplications.
"Father, my soul would fain abide
Within thy temple, near thy side;
But if my feet must hence depart,
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart."