Psalm 84:10-12 – “For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.  I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹ For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold ^[h]from those who walk blamelessly. ¹² O Yahweh of hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!”

It is God’s purpose to transform us.  The desire of God is the uniting of our hearts to His.  He desires to live in us and through us.  In our singleness of heart, we can Do what Jesus did and the greater works.   Most people quote that with no thought, hope, or expectation.   It is theory and a place they will reach in heaven.  NO, IT ISN’T.  We will not do those works in heaven. The works are for Earth!

Psalm 84:10-12 is incredible.   If we read it not as a concept but as an attainable reality, it stirs something in us. The indispensable value of God’s presence is revealed.  Nothing the world offers compares to God’s presence.

God is both our sun and shield.  He is light or revelation (understanding) as well as protection.  Capture that thought in your mind; the Creator is protecting us.  Who would know better how to protect us and what we need protection from?

He gives grace and glory (favor).  He does not withhold any good thing from the faithful.   He is with us in all we encounter.   He takes all the things we encounter and uses them to transform us.  If we trust (demonstrated by our lives, not just our words), we are blessed. I encourage you to think about what being Blessed by God means and entails.

Psalm 86:11-12 – “Teach me Your way (singular).”   The Psalmist is saying the result of that revelation will be that I Will Walk in Your Truth.   Truth is in God’s way.

A word that arrested my heart was “Unite.”   The prayer was to unite my heart to fear (reverence) Your Name.  The word unite is (yachad) = make one.  Make singular?  Remember that thought in the New Testament?  Double mindedness!  The divided heart does not have God’s presence, walk in His power, or enjoy the promises in their fullness.

A united heart values the presence of God and knows that it is in that presence that transformation takes place.  The transformed will see the harvest, bind the strong man, and enforce the victory of Calvary. We must stop being theoretical and abstract in our faith.   We must realize, value, and pursue His presence.  

My prayer is, “Lord, open our eyes to see, our ears to hear, and our minds to comprehend.  Transform us and give us a Yachad (united, singular) heart.   Help us no longer straddle the fence, doubt, and live theoretically.  From this day forward, help us to live Your reality as enforcers of victory.   Help us to speak and walk with authority.  Make us victorious!  Amen!”

It would behoove us to remember that no ability is developed without training, practice, and application.   Step out and do not fear failure.   Your struggles are God’s fertilizer to make the fruit of your life grow.  Become what you are!  It is your time!

God bless you as you embark on your new spiritual journey into His fullness.