Psalm 27:4 Thoughts

On Saturday during a men's bible study I was brought back to look at a passage that I have quoted and read a so many times in my walk with God, but was able to see it freshly and with some more insight.  The Word of God is amazing in how it speaks to us and we can see such new things when we read it.  I know it is alive from personal experience (Heb. 4:12) and was reminded of that on Saturday.  Well here is the verse: "One thing I have asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple" (Psalm 27:4).  What stood out to me were all of the different verbs that are contained in the verse.  I will list them and make a few comments.  Let's see if our lives can be described with these verbs.  

• Ask - One thing he wanted from God, only one, and it became the very thing that brought him rest as his head hit the pillow, it was the reason he woke up, and what guided him throughout the day.  One pursuit can shape us to be who God has made us to be and we are to use our voice toward God in asking him for his presence.
• Seek - This word carries with it the idea of movement, of pursuit.  David spent his lifetime (mostly), in pursuit of the one thing he wanted of God, which was God's active presence in his life.   We can go after lots of things but only one destination will give us what we really need - that is the place where we find him.
• Dwell - this word describes a place to stay, a place where life is done, a place of quiet, a place to live, a place to contemplate, and a place where we might be with others who also are seekers of God's presence.  The desire to be here is to be made up of all our days.
• Gaze - Having a vision of God's beauty and living with it can make all the difference on the days that are ugly and filled with disillusionment or heartache.  This was really David's ultimate aim.  He wanted more than anything to see God and have a vision of him.
• Inquire - This one I find very interesting and can seem to be something he has already said that he desired.  There is more to it though.  He has already "asked" God something, so why inquire?  Inquire here, means that he wants more and more of God.  He wants to know more, experience more, find more and get lost more into the depths of who God is.

Do these words describe our pursuit of God?  They should.