Psalm 84: 3-6 Making the Dry Places Spring Blessings


Vs3. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young-even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

Vs4. Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You. Selah.

Vs5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

Vs6. As they pass through the Valley of Baca.  They make it a spring; the rain also covers it with pools.

Even the birds try to find the altar of God to lay their young.  The holy presence, even wildlife evidently can sense it. 

Those who seek the Lord as the one thing pressing on their agenda, those will still be praising.  Still praising, after what?  I would imagine, those who seek the Lord will still be praising Him after the storm because they praised Him through the storm.  On the other hand, those who do not praise in the storm are quite battered after the storm passes over.  They are beaten, defeated, disillusioned, and disgusted.  Not so if we stay tuned in on God’s radar during the storm.  We come out of the storm praising no matter the intensity of the storm!

When our strength is in the Lord and we are set on our journey with Him, even when we go through the Valley of Baca (a plant that thrives in dry conditions), the dry places are made into a spring, and when the rain comes, the pools (blessings) come with it.

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