Better is one day in your courts

This Sunday while I was in church the worship band sang....

"Better is one day in Your courts,

Better is one day in Your house,

Better is one day in Your courts,

Than thousands elsewhere"

I thought to myself I do really believe this? It cut straight to the heart and I couldn’t stop thinking about it throughout the service – it was like a broken record on repeat. It sat on my mind throughout the day and it was like God was asking me- Do you truly see me this way?

I spent some much needed time with the Lord yesterday. Reading and praying- it was amazing! I prayed that I would sacrifice anything and everything to him because "Better is one day in His courts than a thousand elsewhere." I think we can get so wrapped up with what this world offers that we forget about eternity- me included. What we don’t realize is everything on this earth is temporary- material things, relationships, jobs and even family! There is something so much bigger than "us" but we don’t get it.

While I was working today I received an email from one of my good friends with Psalm 81- As you read through the whole verse- what comes up…..

A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. Psalm 81:10

I love the verse that follows….

For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.
He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right. Psalm 81:11

I am speechless thinking about how God continues to speak to me even through the littlest of things. I absolutely love how He reveals pieces of Himself everyday and I long to hear His voice above anything. I leave you with this-

Do you TRULY believe "Better is one day in His courts than thousands elsewhere?"