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  “ Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. ” Psalms 84 : 4 - 5 NKJV King’s palace and the presidential Whitehouse are celebrated as places for fun and fair; but everyone knows that earthly power houses are usually not free from internal rancour and reckless strategies against the enemies. Clearly, power houses are not necessarily peace palaces, especially when their occupants are gracelessly intoxicated by the excesses of human achievements in the absence of the influence of grace. Therefore, the only peace palace in the whole wide world is the presence of God. And amazingly, there is no need for a physical commuting into this peace palace, as long as the heart is set on pilgrimage through prayer and meditation on the counsels of God. Even in the deepest of troubles from their makers and the weirdest of wickedness by their peddlers, there is always the sweete...

  “ How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah” Psalms 84 : 1 , 4 NKJV Before the depravity of sin, the only and satisfactory inheritance of the human race is an intimate relationship with God. And while man struggles with sin and God’s plan of redemption, the only reliable measure of satisfaction with God’s inheritance is still the establishment of right relationship with God. Of course, there is no resting place in human pursuit of material riches, worldly positions, and social status. The litmus test for a wrong relationship with these achievements is the lack of satisfaction within the hearts of their bearers. And like Martin Luther discovered, right relationship with God, which leads to right relationships with others, is a gift made possible by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Little wonder in Apostle Paul’s reference to this amazing inheritance, “ Through Him we have r...

  “Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah” Psalms‬ ‭84‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Dwelling in the house of the Lord is definitely not talking about residency in physical cathedral or some reserved mountain. It must be an undivided response to God’s calling into a divine assignment, irrespective of the distractions towards a detour. For example, Apostle Paul introduced himself with contentment to the brethren in Rome as “ a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God (Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬)”, given the significant emotional struggle against the mission in chains. Therefore, we understand that there is an unfathomable joy inherent in every believer’s devotion to dwelling in the house of the Lord and fully obeying His revealed will. And if anyone desires to know how to be engaged in a ceaseless praising of God, he must be fully satisfied with a ceaseless pursuit of His revealed will...living in the praise pavilion.