Lately it has been quite amazing to me to see how God sustains us always.. especially in times of stress or uncertainty. I love the phrase "strength to strength" in this passage. It paints a picture of my mind of little stepping stones that are perfectly spaced apart leading to an abundantly beautiful garden.
I am finding out first hand what it means to take one step at a time and how perfectly spaced apart these stepping stones of faith and provision are.
Strength to strength.
Strength to strength.
And I am finding out that When I am completely surrendered, I am completely sustained.
Psalm 84
1How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of hosts!
2My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
3Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my King and my God.
{Sustained}
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise!
{Sustained}
Selah
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion
(signifying God's promised Land/ fulfillment of His Word).
6As they go through the Valley of Baca
(which is the valley of weeping)
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
{Sustained}
7They go from strength to strength;
each one appears before God in Zion. (His promise)
{Sustained}
8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah
9 Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!
10For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
{Sustained}
12O LORD of hosts,
blessed is the one who trusts in you!
{ Completely Sustained}
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