The Greatest Pursuit (Psalm 27:4)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Psalm 27:4, David Platt asks God to free us from living for the lesser things of this world. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:06.4	Psalm chapter 27, verse 4.
0:09.7	One thing have I asked of the Lord.
0:13.6	That will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
0:25.6	To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple.
0:28.6	What a verse.
0:31.6	One thing this Psalm says, have I asked the Lord.
0:36.6	Just think in your life, if you could only ask for one thing from god
0:44.3	would this be the one thing you ask for this is such a penetrating question to consider the one thing that David says, I'm going to seek after this
0:56.9	one thing. This is the one thing I want more than anything else that I may dwell in the house
1:03.0	of the Lord and gaze upon his beauty and inquire in his temple. In other words, the one thing I want more than anything else is to see God, to be with God,
1:18.2	to speak with God, to commune with God.
1:23.1	And when you think about it, this makes sense of the whole Bible.
1:26.9	What made Genesis 1 and 2 so beautiful
1:31.1	were the fact that Adam and Eve had unhindered,
1:37.7	perfect communion with God, seeing God, walking with God, enjoying God. And then you jump to the end of the Bible. Revelation
1:48.0	21 and 22. That's the picture. The dwelling of God with man, that communion restored. Revelation
1:55.2	22, they will see his face. Behold him in all of his beauty and all of his glory. This is the whole aim,
2:04.7	the whole goal of the Bible of mankind to be with God. So is this your one desire today? More
2:13.6	than you want anything else is your one thing that you are asking of God, the one thing
2:21.2	you're seeking after, just to see him and be with him and walk with him and enjoy him and
2:29.7	behold him and speak with him and hear from him.
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