Is there a place where one may go and find the solution to any problem, whether individual, national, or international? If so, would he not go there often? And to save himself the journey so many times, might he not eventually make that place his permanent abode?
There is such a place; there are directions for getting there; and there is room for everyone to abide therein. David was at different times confronted with problems of personal relationships and human position. He had to deal with extremes of human hate and love, personal jealousy and national envy. He was called to the defense first of his flock and eventually of his country. Thus he came to know of this place and wrote of his desire to dwell in it (Ps. 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."
When a host of conflicting desires confuse and absorb our thinking, what a focusing point is this verse! "Where shall I go?" cries one mortal. "Whose fault is it?" asks another. "What shall I do?" demands the third. "What do I really want, anyway?" laments the fourth. And spiritual sense, coming gently to the rescue, answers with quietness and assurance, "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."
