The King James Version has the world “behold” as the first word of the verse. Behold, to take notice. We are being told something pretty important, and should listen and understand.
Here, David talks of the people dwelling as one. At this time, the people of Israel did many pilgrimages to Jerusalem. They came from many tribes, places, classes, but they came together as one to worship God. The unity of God’s people is important, it is good and pleasant. We know not everything in life works this way. Some things that are good are not pleasant (broccoli is good for us, but may not be pleasant for some to eat), and some things that are pleasant are not good (chocolate donuts). Unity of his people is both.
In our church, we should dwell as one. In our church community, we should dwell as one. This doesn’t mean to live together in the common sense, but for all of us to come together for the one, our Lord. It’s about how we have a relationship with each other, those in our church family, as opposed to how we have a relation with the world. God wants unity in our church. He wants us to come together, put aside our differences, and worship as one.
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