"Yearning for God's House"

PSALMS 84 [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]
As much as I wanted to spend one more day on that, I felt God telling me to move on. Sometimes saying more is saying less; it's best sometimes to leave it to self-examination and not try to complete the thought for someone else's situation. It is believed that David is the one who wrote this Psalm, although his name is not attached to it. The musical instrument mentioned is a familiar one, it was mentioned before in Psalms 8 and 81, and is depicted as a harp; however, the more interesting depiction is that of a winepress. To the point of yesterday and how idols can be a belief, it's somewhat like 'God's Vineyard,' which He planted expecting good grapes, but they turned out to be sour. When we mix our understanding with God's truth, we can sometimes create our own idols based upon our own interpretation of God's word. When that happens, the result is mostly a god that appears more like us, flawed and uncommitted. We might think we are worshipping the True and Living God, but in our minds we have created a less powerful and less personal God than He really is. Based upon all that God has done for us, you would think that we could just take Him at His word and leave it at that; but no! As with every other example given in His word, we need to add our own little twist, our own conditions, and our own explaining of who He is and what He stands for. Here is the thing about that 'winepress' depiction, that squeezing and crushing the grapes will produce the wine; so what kind of wine will you be? It is believed that David wrote this Psalm while being forced out of his city during Absalom's rebellion. If that is the case, it forced David to examine what it was he cherished most, which was the assembly of God's people and worshipping in God's house. That is kind of on the line of Paul's point, "Don't be concerned for your own good but for the good of others." Not that I want to argue the point, but putting others first is what is required to truly worship God...
"As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it, for this is my body." And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, "Each of you drink from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many. Mark my words -I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom." Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives." (Matthew 26:26-30) NLT