The psalmist, whom we are warranted to conclude was David, felt the pressure of seeking to live for God in a nation that had turned away from God. To reach the place that God had promised him, David had to survive the hostility of King Saul and his court, and even after Saul's death, David had to wage a long fight to consolidate the kingdom under his control. It would have been enough to discourage anyone. The psalmist learned that the source of his confidence could not depend on the tranquility of his circumstances, because that tranquility was fleeting and easily disturbed. He had to look away from himself to be led by the light and truth of God to the holy hill of God. He had to look to Christ to be brought back to the place of true worship, the place of the sacrifice. In a time when the people of God behold the rising tide of hostility toward the truth of the Scriptures and the Truth that is in Jesus Christ, this longing expressed in the text is to be the prayer that brings real comfort.
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Rev. David Mook is the pioneer pastor of Phoenix Free Presbyterian Church, founded early in 1986. Following his graduation from Bob Jones University in 1974, he joined the faculty in the Division of Speech, continuing there until 1983 when he entered the Free Presbyterian...