One Line from Psalm 84 has caught my attention. Here it is: “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!”

Spoken straight to the Lord, the writer adores God’s “tabernacles.” The Hebrew noun used her is “mishkan,” a derivative of the word “shakan” in Hebrew. That’s “shakan” that gives us the word “Shekinah!”

As in “Shekinah Glory!”

These tabernacles are God’s “dwelling places,” His places of abode in that sense. Where God lives!

That, in Old Testament days, would have been the portable Tent called the “Tabernacle” … and later would have been that ornate, beautiful building called the “Temple.”

There was even a seat for God there, the “Mercy Seat” it was called! Yes, where God “sat.”

“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!”

The adjective “amiable” translates the word “yediyd,” a cognate of the verb “dod.” Words that mean “lovely, beloved,” and even “well-beloved.” But in the sense of red-hot love, fervent and enthusiastic!

The Psalmist is exhilarated over the beauty and glory of God’s (earthly) Dwelling Place!

If expressed in New Testament language … the parallel would suggest a man or woman so “loving” their place of worship, their Chruch, so excited about it, that they would never be unfaithful to it!

By the way, the Name of Deity used here is “The Lord of Hosts.” In Hebrew, “The God of the armies!” It’s God’s fighting Name, our great Warrior God! Exodus 15:3 does call Him “a Man of War!”

Last night as I was preaching in this week’s Revival … God showed me a Truth that previously had been unclear!

Oh, how I loved that moment!

At Church!

Among God’s people!

Preaching after a fervent, Jesus-exalting song service!

Can you say of your Church … “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!”

Are you that much in love … with Church?

Jesus sure is!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

Amiable!

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