Psalm 122

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Psalm 122:1-9
The Joy of Going to the House of the LORD A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." 2Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, 4Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. 7Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces." 8For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, "Peace be within you." 9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.


Copyright Statement: The New King James Version© 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


~ Lena’s Journalin’
People go to the “House of the Lord” for various reasons. Some love to be a part of the Kingdom of God and His work in the earth and can hardly wait to assemble with other members who feel the same and who will gather together to see how they can best do a greater work, by joining in that work together.
Two (and more) are better than one, where there is a threefold chord it is not easily broken, and where two or more of you gather, there I am in the midst, and also where two or three of you agree as touching (on) anything that they may ask, they’ll have what they ask of the Father in heaven.
These realize we are a much greater force against darkness when we are gathered in agreement and unity together. We show our Father we are willing to offer Him the strength of numbers by our faith in His word that tells us to gather together unto Him.
Others may feel a certain compulsion to visit the House of God occasionally. To drop in for a visit, or even to show up, kind of like showing up for dinner at Great Grandmother’s house, when there’s a family reunion of sorts.
Others may be young and feel made to go to the House of the Lord with say their parents.
There are so many “reasons” to go to the “House of the Lord”. I wonder which it is for you?
The questions is, are you glad, about going to the House of the Lord?
Appreciation is key.
I was thinking of how a son or daughter grows up in a house and wants to leave that house and all they can think of is leaving and how they can get out. Then when they get out, all they can think of is what they had in that house, what they left behind for nothing except extreme desire. That son or daughter’s appreciation for that house increased, almost overnight. It’s like understanding came to them through experience, all the while they could have also understood and been appreciative while still in the house.
This is the case with “church goers”, we can get understanding and appreciate the house of God while in the house, or be stubborn and willful and have to get out of the house to appreciate the house. Either way could be good, if we ultimately appreciate the house, enough to become glad to go there and be there. It is the grace of God on one who leaves that they’d even be able to return, for some have gone the way of experience rather than growth and maturity in the house to the loss of life.
Have you heard of Jesus, of God’s Risen Son? The one who died for you and as you, the one who took your place in death, the one who went down to hell for you, that you’d not ever have to experience that eternal death and complete separation from anything that resembles anything good? Have you seen Him? Do you know Him? When you have and you do, you’ll LOVE the House of God!

Daily Meditation/Recital/Question
Ask myself daily: “What Page Am I On?”