Now the text which the bridegroom has chosen,
we find in the book of Psalms.
Psalm 27, verse
4.
One thing I have desired of the Lord,
that I will seek, that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the
days of my life.
Whenever I read this verse or I hear
people singing it, it touches me very deeply.
One thing I desire of the Lord,
remember
when God appeared to Solomon in a dream
and he said, Solomon, what is your desire?
What would your desire be and I'll do
it for you?
And he said, Lord, this is what I
desire.
And then the Lord said, I will give
it to you and all the other things
because you did not ask for all the
other things you could have asked for.
Now the bridegroom says, this is my desire.
Now the bridegroom says, I will give it
to you and all the other things because
you did not ask for all the other
things you could have asked for.
Now you young people and you older people,
if an angel had to appear to you
and say, desire, wish, whatever you like, you
just say what you like, what is it
that you would choose?
I should actually stop now.
I wish each one had a little piece
of paper to make a note of his
desire.
One may say, well, I desire to get
rich, to have lots of money.
So she went outside at night, and that's
how desperate she was, and she went and
prayed under a big tree where there were
lots of birds and an owl also sitting
in the tree.
And she said, oh, God, oh, Jesus, give
me a husband, give me a husband.
And she said, oh, God, oh, Jesus, give
me a husband, give me a husband.
So the psalmist says, oh, Lord, one thing,
just one thing I desire of you, that
I may dwell in your house all the
days of my life.
Now, who was praying this prayer?
It was David.
How?
Many people on their way to hell today,
they excuse themselves, and they talk about the
fall of David.
Especially those that are immoral.
They always just point to David and say,
well, he also sinned.
It's like people who drink wine and alcohol.
They say, well, Jesus also made wine.
But they never go to the trouble to
investigate and see what type of wine Jesus
did make and what results it had.
I don't think it made them drunk and
that they acted in their drunk stupor and
wet their pants and dirtied themselves.
She said, Chalman, drink
me a vine.
Just drink.
Look in the house tonight.
Oh, it's Chalman.
We are sinners.
What's him not?
Little.
Who's he?
Why me?
I remember years ago, we were driving along.
A truck came past with branding on the
side, and they were advertising wine, saying, drink
more wine.
It will bring more happiness into your home.
And some of the choir were also there,
they may remember.
And then just after that, we saw a
man walking down the street, zigzag.
He couldn't even walk straight anymore.
He was intoxicated.
When he got closer, one noticed that his
pants were wet.
You see, he wasn't wearing a nappy.
And when he walked past, we looked, and
from the back you could see he had
dirtied himself, and he had sat on it,
and it was stuck to him.
And I thought, well, I thought, well, I
don't think that man I don't think that
that man brought any joy into his home
that day.
I actually feel sorry for a woman that's
married to a man like that, because I
really don't think that he will bring any
joy into the home.
And I don't know whether I'd put up
with a man like that.
Now, yes, David did sin, but he was
punished severely for it.
One can say a lot of things about
that, but how he suffered as a result
of that sin, where the Lord even said,
you took that woman in secret, but someone
will take your wives in broad daylight.
God and bears Many
people speak about David's fall and about his
sin, but very few people speak about the
depth of his repentance.
Yes, David sinned, but he repented, and he
didn't fall into that sin again, even when
he was old already and he was cold
and they couldn't get him warm.
They found the most beautiful girl, and they
said that she should warm him in his
bed.
But the Bible says, he did not touch
her.
now some
people say well
he was old at that at that time
but some people say well you can get
old in some ways but not in other
ways I
know
some
older people who say that since throughout our
lives we've never been tempted in the way
that we have been tempted in this recent
past and
I said well the devil knows that his
time is short he doesn't want you in
heaven he wants you in hell so he
will attack you like this David
prayed he said oh one thing Lord I
desire of you that I may dwell in
your house all the days of my life
you see he repented and he turned from
his sin and many will be condemned because
David set a right example and they don't
even follow it
Jesus
is even referred to as the son of
David now if you had to ever were
given and granted that wish what would you
desire David said oh Lord that I may
dwell in your house all the days of
my what
are
you
concerned about what are you busy with what
keeps you busy or are you like Martha
busy and with so many other things and
about this and about cooking and baking and
you are and then even get upset because
Mary is sitting at the Lord's feet and
the Lord had to reprimand and said Martha
Martha you are concerned about so many things
but Mary who was sitting at the Lord's
feet he said of her she's chosen the
better part one thing I've desired you mother
what is it that you desire he said
it's one thing I desire is your desire
Lord to be with you always
every moment Lord
I want nothing else so that God can
bless you we could say much about this
but time has passed
I'll just leave out some story
about someone who worked in a lighthouse every
month they would come and fill the tanks
there with oil wasn't it at a place
where there were many rocks in the sea
and then one night a woman came and
she said to the lighthouse keeper please can
you help me with some oil I've run
out of oil and I need some in
my home for my me and my children
she begged him for some oil to keep
her family warm and he gave her some
another day another man approached
him and he said look I've run out
of oil it's pitch-black at home please
can you help me out with some oil
on
another day another man came and said I
need some oil for the wheel of my
cart everyone
that came came with a legitimate request tried
to please everyone and grant him or her
her requests at the end of the month
he
started worrying about the level of the oil
in his tanks and he thought there's not
much left but maybe we'll just make it
but to his dismay the oil level dropped
faster than expected he ran out and the
light went out that night many
ships were wrecked many lives were lost authorities
launched an investigation to inquire why so many
ships were wrecked and so many lives were
lost they went into what the reason was
he was very apologetic he says oh I
tried to be helpful I tried to help
these people in need
and
with all his apologies and excuses they
came to the simple conclusion and they hit
the nail on the head and they said
look you are guilty you were given oil
for one purpose only one purpose and one
purpose only to keep the light burning good
shooting good yeah good yeah okay Mario
one thing
is necessary and that's what Mary chose Lord
to be with you to be there where
you are almost holy Jesus of Israel Moses
led the children of Israel it's
difficult to lead people it's much easier to
lead a herd of cattle eventually
God said to Moses Moses I'm tired of
these people I'm going to destroy them but
we are so nipa we are going to
show you these are boosies away I'm Collegues
a ball give you see seven days of
when the basis is a cool new food
things or to me get old who could
be better now where it called it what
I mean ha and he's but he said
Moses because you honor and obey me I
will be with you and I will bless
you but I will destroy the others and
I will send my angel to go before
you but I cannot go with you almost
what you know I'm happy now given away
in get off on the phone over the
phone I'm funny look up the cream apple
green lock and then Moses said Oh God
if you do not go with us if
your presence doesn't go with us then I
don't want to go anywhere not I'm not
I don't need your angel or anything else
or even your blessings I want you and
if you don't go with us then block
my name erase it from the book of
life I'm full of coffee I'm full of
tumo get him oh my way now I'm
cool again I'm I'm cool baby now he's
he's a fooling hellos I'm fooling look no
no no way not to said Lord I
don't want your angel I don't want fame
I don't want honor I want you and
nothing else one thing I have desired
to stay in the house of my Lord
all the days of my life a testament
Alicia I sure a testament and Tala a
testament and Tala it is so it have
a nappy a tipping now in the New
Testament it's put differently when it refers to
the house of God and the tabernacle of
the Lord Oh Stephanie my bank and I'm
not sure anything is in cool John
when
Stephen was stoned to death martyred he said
to them oh you men of hardened hearts
don't you realize God does not live in
a temple a house built with with bricks
and with hands and
don't we also when we go to church
if someone smokes he will stop smoking when
he's outside and even we say you don't
smoke in the church respected
in
America you find these wonderful churches they are
decorated with gold and silver and precious stones
ruby now
then an
African American came along one came to that
church when he saw it when
he
went into that church he was in awe
he was even scared to walk in it
it was just such a wonder to him
what how many got on the booty be
joining me joining a bully in the band
shop because it was all about second John
can't have fun and when he saw that
he said I'd love to join this church
just imagine what it must be like to
pray and worship in such a church I
walk home what I got a guy and
he went out the church and looked for
the pastor's house he found it and he
knocked on the door when
the pastor opened the door here was this
man he was pitch black his complexion yes
sir what can I do for you and
he said to the pastor you know I've
just been in your church it's a wonderful
church I'd like to join your church to
become a member and
then the pastor was unsure because he thought
of all the members of his congregation these
well-to-do people who live in beautiful
houses and he thought why what will they
say if this man joins our church why
say how we have all them oh
because he didn't know how to respond he
played for time and he said to the
man well maybe it would be good not
just to join go home first rather pray
about it first and ask God whether it's
really his will that you join our well
that man never came back
well the
man the pastor was quite the pastor was
quite relieved that he didn't come back because
he was worried about how his church members
would react
and
then one day sometime later the pastor was
downtown that the city and he there bumped
into this african-american
pastor
recognized him he said but aren't you the
man that came to us to join our
church why why didn't you come back did
the Lord not answer you and the man
said no God did give me an answer
what did he say and
the man said and the
man said the man said pastor God did
answer me the Lord Jesus told me my
child don't bother about joining that church I've
been trying to get into that church for
the last 22 years and I have failed
you
see
we can have the form of godliness it
can look so good on the outside but
God is not in it there
are many other examples I wanted to use
but because of time I think it's enough
just to mention Moses in
Germany in the
1800s there was a sculptor
was
his name he
was extremely gifted when he made an image
of a person it that figure came to
life it looked like it was someone that
was you
just
take a raw piece of stone and make
something beautiful out of it when
he had reached the heights in his profession
then he said I want to do something
really special
said
I want to do something and do it
must be for the Lord the figure of
the Lord Jesus and I want to do
it as well as I can that a
person that looks at this will actually it
will be it must be as if he
actually sees the Lord so he took his
tools and he worked two
years he was finished
his work of art he said I want
someone to come and evaluate what I've done
but I don't want to invite my friends
because they just may want to flatter me
and tell me it looks good he went
onto the street met a girl and he
asked her to come inside into his home
into his studio
now
he had covered his work of art with
a cloth and then he removed the cloth
and asked the girl tell me who this
is
he
asked her don't you know him it was
a very famous person she said no sir
I don't know him
and
I
said oh I have failed I have failed
I have failed to portray the Lord Jesus
because here she says she cannot even recognize
him and
he
says I failed for I have portrayed kings
and princes but I have failed to portray
the Lord Jesus that people can recognize him
what I failed now
to the now to the
couple the world everyone who looks at you
must see the Lord Jesus it's Tom it's
got Jess we have one I got a
new dress we call when I'm Kenyan one
time don't know about Jesuit and the band
when I'm a coach he burns out you
find everybody born you would see you of
two man I got Johnny not just born
again they would choose to be me nah
do you married people can the image of
Jesus his glory be seen in you as
the Bible requires that the husband must love
his wife as Christ loved the church and
the wife must live in such a way
that the church can see how it should
act towards the Lord
don't go to your friend who
you are together with in your wrong thing
someone don't go to someone who gossip you
gossip together with when you talk about others
when they not the present
like
it said tell me who your friends are
then I'll tell you who you are
if
you want to know what someone is like
just look at his or her friends and
you know what they like
David
David said one thing I desire of the
Lord that I may dwell in his house
all the days of my life now God
doesn't live in a house built with bricks
he lives in you and so you should
be in the presence of those in whom
the Lord dwells are
you known that you are someone that walks
with God in whom God dwells
the Bible says an overseer should not be
someone who's just recently gotten converted but it
must be someone who has a track record
who have shown with his life that he
is faithful to the Lord Paul
says
all
those in Asia have forsaken me it's such
a thing possible that they're all for support
but it's interesting that we hear no more
of all those others but we hear about
Paul and those that were with him timber
you've got to have the right friends I
know you by your friends now with my
coat we will know you by your friends
you saw how the bride came in in
a white dress with a veil which is
symbolic of her virginity and it was
removed
to be introduced to the first man in
her life and with him the first woman
in her life and if you're not faithful
before marriage then you won't be faithful in
marriage see
you soon I'm a PCC which is on
a boy a kosher on can I'm a
penis I'm going back a bush woman to
a good Christ to Jesus is Dallas each
other this morning when I bought this which
is what you will all say one again
sin no more nothing one more to go
by got a finish this
morning when I breakfast my plate fell it
broke into many pieces but the beauty of
the gospel is that even if your life
is broke is broken in that way God
can put it all together he can make
all things new when you repent of your
evil but then the Lord says go and
sin no more Kenyan lease a release now
I'm a sugar Nado who took me so
free now I'm a coat this is this
is a wonderful word hold on to it
for the rest of your lives Jesus
through his Holy Spirit can mold you and
that the image of the Lord can be
seen in you booty
we miss a leg it goes to Paul
who up and over and for a three
-day what one one more what come one
on one way to a party for more
than three days in three number when a
three years thirty years was what one is
on one way you come G and I
have a lot of respect for Paul he
was the man who lived the wrong life
but he repented and after three days he
was filled with the Holy Spirit that was
after three days maybe you've been a Christian
for three years maybe 30 years have you
been filled with a spirit we are calling
in oh
my is no man fucking in the link
we say this can't eat no moolah shake
it why you're not let's
pray for the blessing now here
the bride and the bridegroom who testified before
heaven and earth saying God has brought them
together no man has done it and
Lord as they've chosen this word may they
be faithful to it clinging to you no
matter what comes their way that they may
be like Job who though he lost everything
he clung to you even
when his wife encouraged him to curse God
and to forsake you what he said but
my wife you speak like a foolish woman
but help these this couple lord that as
they become one flesh that they will cling
to you no matter what comes their way
even though storms may come their way more
when the storm clouds cover the sky it's
pitch black lord that they will be one
fully one with you totally united lord may
your grace create this in their lives and
the love of God and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with
them till the trumpet sounds or when you
call them home