Read Psalm 132
Do I make space for God in my life? Like really make space?
After reading this psalm several times, that’s a question that started forming in my mind.
In the first few verses, the author says that David vowed to God that,
3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Whoa! That’s some real passion and determination right there. He REALLY wants to “find a place for the Lord.” I know this is talking about David’s desire to build a temple that would represent the dwelling place of the Lord, but do we desire to find space to dwell with the Lord in our everyday lives?
It’s not like David was just laying around eating bonbons all day. He was a busy guy leading a kingdom, an army, a family, etc. What does this have to do with me and you? Well, we all lead busy lives, right? Being busy is like a badge of honor. We aren’t leading kingdoms, but we all have families and work and volunteering and TV watching and a long list of other things; but do we make space for God in our busy lives? Do we find time to rest in Him, to dwell with Him?
Later on in the psalm it talks of the Lord choosing his desired dwelling place, his resting place forever; his promise to us. Charles Spurgeon said, “This is the joy of our souls, for surely we shall rest in God, and certainly our desire is to dwell in him. This also is the end of our fears for the church of God; for if the Lord dwell in her, she shall not be moved; if the Lord desire her, the devil cannot destroy her.”
Here’s the thing. I’m the queen of busy. I can get so busy doing (and let’s be honest, it’s not all for the kingdom), that I don’t take time to just BE with Him, rest in Him, dwell with Him. I need to cultivate the art of being still. It’s hard, I like to do. But I also want the “joy of my soul” to be resting in Him and my “desire” to be to dwell in Him.
I pray this week that you would ask hard questions and carve out that time to dwell with him too.
- Rori Shaw