讓我們繼續來看詩人進入聖所後生命所發生的重大改變。重要的是，我們必須明白帶來改變的不是進入聖所這個動作，雖然那很重要，但還有一些更重要的事情發生了。請再次聽詩人怎麼說：「等我進了神的聖所，思想他們的結局」（詩七十三17）。要留意這裡使用了「思想」這兩個字，其實英文聖經的翻譯是「理解了」(understood)。來到神的跟前，詩人對事情有了清晰的理解。這是十分重要的一點，是要加以強調的；他在聖所不僅僅是找到良好的感覺，他得到了新的領悟，糾正了自己的思想，不是只暫時忘記自己的問題，而是找到徹底的解決辦法。

很多基督徒對神的家或基督徒團契的看法，認為它是一個讓我們能夠暫時忘記個人煩惱的好地方， 因為他們能夠從音樂和詩歌裡面得到安慰。有些教會由於外觀美麗，以至大家在離開時說：「每次來到教會的感覺都很好。」

當然，這沒有甚麼不妥，但真正的問題是：他們的思想有沒有被改變？詩人並沒有被聖殿的建築設計所改變，而是當他的思想向著正確方向的時候，他才獲得了改變：他「思想（理解）他們的結局。」要是信心的操練只是為了取得感情上的滿足，而不能讓我們對神有更深切的認識的話，那麼我們就會變成一個失去平衡的基督徒了。

We continue to look at the dramatic change in the life of the psalmist when he entered into the sanctuary. It is important to realise that it was not merely the physical act of entering the sanctuary that brought about change. That was important, but something else happened that was even more important. Listen again to how he puts it: "[When] I entered the sanctuary...then I understood their final destiny" (Psa. 73:17). The word to note is "understood". In the presence of God the psalmist was given clear understanding. This is an extremely important point and one which cannot be emphasised too strongly: what he found in the sanctuary was not merely a nice feeling but a new understanding. He was put right in his thinking. He did not merely forget his problem for a little while - he found a solution.

The idea that many Christians have of the house of God or Christian fellowship is that it is a good place to go in order to forget one's troubles for a while. They are soothed by the music and the singing, or perhaps, in some churches, by the beauty of the architecture, and they come away saying, "What a lovely feeling I get whenever I go to church."

There is nothing wrong with that as far as it goes, of course, but the real issue is this: has anything happened to their minds? The psalmist was not changed by the architecture of the Temple, he was changed when his thinking was put right: "Then I understood their final destiny." If the practice of our faith does nothing more than excite our emotions and fails to give us a better understanding of God and His ways, then we will be lop-sided Christians.