Psalm 84: In the Presence

[Listen for connection; not perfection.]

In the presence of Almighty God
In the presence of my God
He restores all things and makes them new
In the presence of my God

He leads me down His paths of peace
Calling me friend along the Way
His heart revealed in songs of trust
In the secret counsels of God

I hear Wisdom's voice cry out
Telling me what's true, right, and just
I choose her instruction above all else
Knowing He then has more of me

To see Him high and lifted up
To see His bride calling Him home
To see nations bow before His throne
Gives purpose to my life

In the presence of Almighty God
In the presence of my God
He restores all things and makes them new
In the presence of my God

-christa barclay 07/09

ISAIAH 42 - http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%2042;&version=65;

PSALM 84 - http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&chapter=84&version=65

Psalm 84 (The Message)
A Korah Psalm

1-2 What a beautiful home, God-of-the-Angel-Armies!
I've always longed to live in a place like this,
Always dreamed of a room in your house, where I could sing for joy to God-alive!

3-4 Birds find nooks and crannies in your house, sparrows and swallows make nests there. They lay their eggs and raise their young, singing their songs in the place where we worship. God-of-the-Angel-Armies! King! God! How blessed they are to live and sing there!

5-7 And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel; They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks, discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain! God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!

8-9 God-of-the-Angel-Armies, listen: O God of Jacob, open your ears—I'm praying! Look at our shields, glistening in the sun, our faces, shining with your gracious anointing.

10-12 One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship, beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches. I'd rather scrub floors in the house of my God than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin. All sunshine and sovereign is God, generous in gifts and glory. He doesn't scrimp with his traveling companions. It's smooth sailing all the way with God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

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Absolutely beautiful!