Psalm 84: Song of the Valley

“Thus says the Lord: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is God of the

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, but He is not God of the

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,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’  —I Kings 20:28

• There are personal valleys, and there are prophetic valleys. Valleys represent the in-between

.

We’ve passed through fire and flood, yet in the end you always bring us out better than we were before, saturated with your goodness. —Psalm 66:12

• God gives us a

for a season. God-given songs contain

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to guide you through a season successfully.

• Sing a new song! New bongs

old cycles. The only way to get a song out of your head is to sing a new song!

• There are also several

for emotional and mental health embedded right into this song.

To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
They will still be praising You. Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
Each one appears before God in Zion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts,
Blessed is the man who trusts in You! —Psalm 84:1-12

**The “Blessed” Are Described in the Following Ways:

1) Blessed are those who

(abide) in your house. They will

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be praising you. Selah.

• The sons of Korah understood that

flows from worship. They understood the shalom, the settled

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-being which resulted from worship and time in God’s Presence.

2) Blessed is the man whose

is in you.

3) Blessed is the one whose

is set on pilgrimage.

• God isn’t just the destination. He’s

you on the journey.

Let the words of my mouth and the

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of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. —Psalm 19:14

4) Blessed is the man who

in you. Psalm 84:12

The Journey Through the Valley

1. Those who are blessed pass
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   the valley of weeping.

• Do they get

, or become

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? They get better, and make the world better.

• We reproduce

us what cultivate

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us.

• Holding onto

has devasting consequences.

• Offense is

and Jesus called us to deal with it as quickly as possible.

1. The blessed pass through the valley
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   . Cultivate and be intentional about relationships.

• In fact, the words they/those is used

times in Psalm 84:5-7.

1. The blessed transform the Valley of Weeping into a well of living water.

• God doesn’t just transform us in the valley. He uses us to

the valley!