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I’d rather be a worshiper of the Triune God than…..

Posted on by Carl Robbins

TabernacleBWThe Sons of Korah penned Psalm 84. They were descendants of one of the most notorious of all rebels in biblical history – Korah. You can read his wicked saga in Numbers 16. But, unlike His dealings with Achan and his children, God in mercy spared the descendants of Korah (Numbers 26:9-11). 400 years go by and now (1 Chronicles 9:17-34) the Sons of Korah are bakers, singers, and…..gatekeepers. They are the ones who open the doors (1 Chronicles 9:27) to the Tabernacle.

Are they bitter over their menial station in life? Hardly. Listen to Psalm 84:10…..”a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”

You’ve seen them, the bumper stickers that say “I’d rather be fishing” or “I’d rather be watching television”. Consider this THE bumpersticker for the regenerate man: “I’d rather be in the lowest place, but worshiping, than with the unregenerate”.

The psalmist (in this case-the Sons of Korah), by saying this, is telling us several important truths:

  • He will ALWAYS choose the company and fellowship of the church over the world
  • One Lord’s Day spent in corporate worship is BETTER than 3 years of gathering with the world in their empty pursuits

The lowest task (door-keeping) if it is among the people of God, in the house of God, is preferable to reclining with the wicked! Because God’s WORST is better than the world’s BEST!

A sign of the children of God is their delight in worship/God’s presence and their PREFERENCE of worship and the House of God to the world’s entertainments.

Carl Robbins
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Carl is a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a graduate of Crichton College and Covenant Theological Seminary. Pastor Robbins has served churches in South Carolina, Oklahoma and Nevada. In addition Carl has served on the board of crisis pregnancy centers, Christian schools and seminaries. He has spoken to college groups, medical school forums, state legislative groups, seminary chapels and church conferences. His special passion is training pastors in developing countries. Carl and wife Sandy have been married for 37 years(!) and are the parents of three believing, adult children: John and his wife DeAnna and their children (Bray, Emmie Ruth, and Maggie Grace), James and his wife Megen and their children (Jack and Lainey Janice), and Sarah and her husband Andrew Holmes. Carl and Sandy love OU football, big dogs, good Mexican food, and the beach—any beach, any time.