One thing have I desired: Psalm 27:4

“One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.” Psalm 27:4

These are the words of King David.  Can they be ours?  Honestly?

I know that it is hard for me to say that they can.

If I’m honest.

I want to want this.  I want to be able to say that I only want to behold the beauty of the Lord.  I want to be able to declare that my first thought is for Him always.

But I can’t. 

I’m married.

And so… I want my wife.  I want to behold her beauty.  I want to sit in her presence and speak with her.

My day isn’t right if I can’t. My heart get an empty hole if she is not there to fill it.

“The Lord should be your first love,” you might say.

“You should only get that satisfaction from God.”

What a cruel trick then that would be… for God to give me a wife… to place this amazing burning desire for her in my very being… and then to make me choose Him over her.

I wonder… do I have to.

What good would it be for me to come with my prayers before the Lord if they were hindered?

What an amazing act of Grace that He has shown us by comparing His love to that of a husband to a wife.

I believe that the moment we realize that our wives … and loving our wives… is the first thing we should think about… we get one over on Adam.

You see… he left her unguarded.  He was busy with his job.  He was enjoying being with the Lord… but failing to be like Him.

We find the thing we desire most… that is to be in His presence… when we realize that what David wanted we now have by the blood.

We are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  We have received the desire of David’s heart.

And the word of God says that husbands are to honor (value, esteem, render what is due) their wives lest their prayers be hindered.

I believe that the Lord’s first thought of our day is toward us… His bride.  And He is our example.

As men of God… we ought to always have our first thought toward our bride.

Let the stones fly.  Let the accusations of blasphemy be hurled.

But if Christ be in me (and you) and we are to think as He thinks… His first thought is toward us.

He never wants to the glory for Himself.  He loves.  We can’t help but love Him.

We are meant to let that love flow through us.

What an amazing blessing a wife is.  For God to have given us His object of affection that we might let His affection be felt.

SDG