Bring me to your holy temple.

 Bring Me to Your Holy Temple

A Reflection on Psalm 27:4 and Psalm 84

Bring me to Your holy temple—not a house of stone and gold,

But the sacred place of Your presence, where Your mysteries unfold.

For the temple of the living God is not made by human hands;

It is the dwelling of Your Spirit in the heart of every land.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple. (Psalm 27:4, AMP)

Bring me to Your holy temple—where the weary find their rest,

Where the broken are made whole again, where the suffering are blessed.

Not a building, but a meeting place, a threshold and a door,

Where heaven touches earth, and I am never as I was before.

In Your temple, I find shelter from the storms that rage outside.

In Your courts, I taste the goodness where Your faithful ones abide.

For a single day within Your gates is better than a thousand elsewhere;

To stand at the threshold of Your presence is the answer to my prayer.

Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. (Psalm 84:10)

Bring me to Your holy temple—not for ritual or show,

But to gaze upon Your glory, to worship and to know

That You are God, and I am Yours, and nothing else compares

To the sacred hush of being where Your Spirit dwells and cares.

The veil is torn, the way is open through the sacrifice of Christ.

No longer must I stand outside, for He has paid the price.

My body is Your temple now, yet still I long to be

In the gathering of Your people, where Your presence sets us free.

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? (1 Corinthians 6:19)

So lead me to Your holy place, O Shepherd of my soul.

Let me kneel before Your altar, let Your grace make my heart whole.

Bring me to Your holy temple—not just once, but every day,

Until I dwell within Your house forever, come what may.

Amen.