My Soul Longs

“My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.” Ps 84:2
“Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring; the rain also covers it with pools, they go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.” Ps 84:5-7

In Psalm 84 it emphasizes the joy and longing of God’s people to worship at His tabernacle and how they are set on going there. A couple things stood out to me as I read this Psalm. On this pilgrimage they pass through the Valley of Baca (weeping). But there are springs and pools to refresh them and give them strength as they pass through.

Toward the end of the Psalm it says, “For the Lord is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
He provides the light to guide and the shield to protect His children along the way. He also does not withhold any good thing. So God provided for, protected and lead them onward.

We are on a pilgrimage on this earth as we go to the heavenly Jerusalem. We long for it and our hearts and flesh cry out to be with the Lord for all eternity. But, along the way we will go through many valleys of Baca’s, that of weeping. But God will provide springs of water that will never run out to refresh us and give us strength along the way for He is living water. He will be our sun and shield to guide and protect us until we are brought safely home to glory. And no good thing will He withhold along the way.