Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
In Psalm 27 David is again under attack from his enemies but he is again confident in the LORD, his salvation and stronghold, and so he refuses to be afraid. Even in the face of a whole army, even though forsaken by those nearest to him, he is confident that the LORD will show him goodness and so he looks to the LORD and he waits patiently. What David does is what we all ought to do. In verse 4 he says that his desire can really be summed up as wanting only one thing. What is it? That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. This is a very Old Testament way of putting it, of course. Presumably David does not have access to the Tabernacle at this point and so the desire is greater. He longs, however, to be there and to gaze on the LORD's beauty and to seek his face. The new covenant believer has a similar desire - to dwell in God's presence all the days of his life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD as seen in the Word of God and to seek Christ in heaven. It is the only wise course. There is no other way to victory. Something in David prompts him to seek God, as it does in all of us who believe, and so we must be determined to seek him. Pray that God will not turn you away. Patiently learn of him and wait upon him to act when he chooses.
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