Better is One Day

This morning I busted out my guitar after breakfast and sang a few songs with the fam. One of the songs I played was Better is One Day. It’s based on Psalm 84:10 which says, “For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.”

As I was explaining that song to a 4 and 5 year old I was convicted myself about the implications of the words. The chorus goes, “better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere.” Do I really believe that one day in the presence of the Lord, worshipping and glorifying Him is better than 1,000 days doing some of my favorite activities. Would I give up 1,000 days of trout fishing or exercising or napping, some of my favorite activities, in order to spend just 1 day in the presence of the Lord. Most days I have to confess that I wouldn’t.

As I look over Psalm 84 and see things like “no good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” and “O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!” I am reminded and challenged to fix my eyes heavenward and not on the things of this world. It’s so easy to get caught up in trivial things here that only please for a moment. 1,000 days of the most fun things I can think of on this earth will really only provide about 1 day of actual pleasure while 1 day of delighting in God provides 1,000 days worth of pleasure. Lord help me to get this and to live it!!