“Lord , remember David and all the hardships he endured, and how he swore an oath to the Lord , making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, I will not allow my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber until I find a place for the Lord , a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool. Rise up, Lord , come to Your resting place, You and Your powerful ark. May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and may Your godly people shout for joy. The Lord swore an oath to David, a promise He will not abandon: “I will set one of your descendants on your throne. If your sons keep My covenant and My decrees that I will teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
Psalms 132:1‭-‬5‭, ‬7‭-‬9‭, ‬11‭-‬12
David was a man after God’s own heart. He was passionate about his personal worship of God and with the same passion taught his people to worship God.
His people, the Nation of Israel, were rich in their heritage of worshipping Jehovah. Under God’s insruction to Moses, the constructed a portable worship temple, called a tabernacle, complete with 2 altars, a shining laver with which to wash, a golden candlestick, representative of the Holy Spirit, a table for special “show” bread that represented Jesus, our Bread of Life and the Ark of the Covenant, housed in the most sacred place called the holy of holies, where God’s Presence dwelled. By today’s market value, this holy tent was worth over $52,000,000! That’s pretty extravagant spending for people who had just been released from slavery (in case you’re curious, the Tabernacle was funded by gifts given to the isrealites as they exited Egypt-Exodus 12:35-36)!
David spared no expense or trouble when he discoved that the ark of the covenant was being stored in a place called “Ephrathah”. Combining the stories found in II Samuel 6, I Samuel 7:1, I Chronicles 13:6 and  II Chronicles 1:4, we find the story of what Psalm 132 is written about. David vows to God that he’ll neither rest nor return to his house before bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, often called “Zion”. David’s attitude about worship is embodied in verse 7 where he says, “Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.” David was passionate about worship!
I have to ask myself about how how passonate I am about worship. Worship is where we connect with God and find fulfillment in what we were created for-communing with God! God is all about relationship-not about what we can do for Him, not what we sacrifice for Him. He loves us and desires for us to love Him in return. This is often difficult for us because the struggles and cares of life consume our time and energy. Could it be that if we seek Him 1st and what matters in His Kingdom, including and especially personal worship, then all these things that consume us will be added to us as well (Matthew 6:33)?
Something to think about!