Psalm 132:6

 

Psalm 132:6

The dreams of youth

Our calling in life often begins to draw us when we are children or teenagers. Our gifts, our temperament, our interests, our values are all formed and refined in early life as our parents help us to prepare for the journey ahead. Childhood is both exciting and challenging, and parents are required to surround their young families with love and protection as they develop into the adults that they are born to be. The reality of this hits home especially for parents who have faith and who have some inkling of the enormous potential in children who are dedicated to the Lord. 

David must have had a special upbringing even though he was treated with hostility and, at times, derision by his older brothers. This Psalm lets on that the call to build the Temple of God was first heard in Ephrathah, in other words, Bethlehem, the place of David’s birth and childhood. It was while he was still a shepherd boy that the prophet Samuel visited Jesse and his sons and anointed the future King of Israel. From that moment David’s life changed forever, and somewhere on the grassy plains surrounding Bethlehem he began to dream of a temple to the Lord! What did we dream off when we were young? Have we fulfilled our potential? Even if we are still fulfilling the dreams are we on the right path, the one that the Lord has directed for us? 

Years later, it was in Kiriath Jearim that the Ark of the Covenant was kept until the King was ready to collect it and move it to Zion. 1 Chronicles 13:5-6. (Jaar is another name for Jearim.) The next stage of David’s dream had begun!

 

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