Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 27:4 (New Living Translation)

The one thing I ask of the Lord—
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.

This is the prayer of a warrior—a man who was not allowed to build the Temple because of his past occupation as a warrior. This man did not kill by dropping bombs from 10,000 feet. He killed face-to-face, hand-to-hand by plunging his sword into the bodies of thousands of opponents. He was covered with blood both literally and emotionally.

Still, this is what he requests from Jehovah God:

• to live in Jehovah’s house
• to delight in Jehovah’s perfections
• to meditate in Jehovah’s Temple

Doesn’t make much sense to me, but that is me and that is just one example of how far Jehovah’s thoughts are from mine. Still, Jehovah God looks on me each day.