2. He longed not so much to see the sanctuary as to see his God; he looked
through the veil of ceremonies to the invisible One. Often had his heart been
gladdened by communion with God in the outward ordinances, and for this great
blessing he sighs again; as well he might, for it is the weightiest of all
earth’s sorrows for a Christian man to lose the conscious presence of his
covenant God. He remembers and mentions the two attributes which had most
impressed themselves upon his mind when he had been rapt in adoration in the
holy place; these he desires to behold again in the place of his banishment.
The divine power and glory are not confined to any places or localities; they
are to be enjoyed wherever there is a heart that longs and thirsts to behold
them. Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so
much for the mocking trifles of time and sense. We are in truth always in a
weary land, for this is not our rest; and it is marvelous that believers do not
more continuously thirst after their portion far beyond the river where they
will hunger no more, neither thirst any more, but will see the face of God.
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