Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Psalm 30:4-5
You can hear me saying on various occasions, "just give me the favor of God!", divine or otherwise and I am satisfied; happy, content, joyful, and definitely in awe of how He continuously reveals Himself in my circumstances. Without His favor in my life, honestly, I don't know how I exist. I can sing unto Him and give Him thanks when remembering who He is and in remembering all of His mercy, His grace and His righteousness towards me, in spite of me.
In this psalm, David could speak on the favor of God. He could speak on God’s anger being only for a moment because he could give an account of the things that he had done to anger God, and not just once or twice. Yet, God was still merciful to him and showed him Divine favor. David could speak and did speak throughout the psalms in regards to how grateful he was for God’s grace and His unmerited favor towards him. I'm sure you are thinking right here, "yes, thank you Lord for all the times I've angered you and yet you still showed me mercy, forgiveness and favor. David tells us today, “sing unto the Lord, saints of His, thank Him just at the remembrance of His holiness, and His righteousness; thank Him because His anger only endures, lasts, or continues for a moment. Thank Him because of His favor, there is life, we may weep during the night but in the morning, there is joy.” Trust me when I tell you that David knew this all too well. He lived it, he experienced it, and he could write about it as an encouragement to us today.
David lets us know that our joy and our happiness are found in God. How we determine, how we resolve to be happy is on us. We can move quickly and energetically towards it, or we can choose to wallow and get stuck and be bound and live without it. It’s our choice. But David said in His favor is life, weeping lasts for a night but the joy of the Lord comes in the morning. We get up, we wipe our tears and we move on because He has provided us all we need to live life to the fullest. Sure, things may not go as you plan, or as you hoped; perhaps you didn’t seek God in regards to what His plans were. Most often we don’t ask, we just move and breathe and operate in us, ourselves, and our way without counsel from God. Most times, we go in the power of me, myself, and I got this and not taking the time to consult the One who is concerned about our very soul, and He is always still there when we decide to seek Him concerning the things that concern us. One of my favorite scriptures is Psalm 138:8, where David says that the Lord will perfect that which concerns me. The Lord is concerned about every aspect of our life, our walk, and our journey in Him. He desires that we have the joy that is our strength and the peace that passes all understanding; He desires that we rejoice always in Him.
We should be encouraged by David’s words, encouraged as we remember that God is the joy and the strength of our lives; He comes speedily and in due season, not in our timing, otherwise how would we go from strength to strength or from faith to faith. We must continue to trust Him and always keeping in mind to wait on Him; to stand still and know that He is God, in all of His glory and His righteousness, in all of His holiness; and also keeping in our remembrance to give thanks for how in His favor is life and life more abundantly!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
You can hear me saying on various occasions, "just give me the favor of God!", divine or otherwise and I am satisfied; happy, content, joyful, and definitely in awe of how He continuously reveals Himself in my circumstances. Without His favor in my life, honestly, I don't know how I exist. I can sing unto Him and give Him thanks when remembering who He is and in remembering all of His mercy, His grace and His righteousness towards me, in spite of me.
In this psalm, David could speak on the favor of God. He could speak on God’s anger being only for a moment because he could give an account of the things that he had done to anger God, and not just once or twice. Yet, God was still merciful to him and showed him Divine favor. David could speak and did speak throughout the psalms in regards to how grateful he was for God’s grace and His unmerited favor towards him. I'm sure you are thinking right here, "yes, thank you Lord for all the times I've angered you and yet you still showed me mercy, forgiveness and favor. David tells us today, “sing unto the Lord, saints of His, thank Him just at the remembrance of His holiness, and His righteousness; thank Him because His anger only endures, lasts, or continues for a moment. Thank Him because of His favor, there is life, we may weep during the night but in the morning, there is joy.” Trust me when I tell you that David knew this all too well. He lived it, he experienced it, and he could write about it as an encouragement to us today.
David lets us know that our joy and our happiness are found in God. How we determine, how we resolve to be happy is on us. We can move quickly and energetically towards it, or we can choose to wallow and get stuck and be bound and live without it. It’s our choice. But David said in His favor is life, weeping lasts for a night but the joy of the Lord comes in the morning. We get up, we wipe our tears and we move on because He has provided us all we need to live life to the fullest. Sure, things may not go as you plan, or as you hoped; perhaps you didn’t seek God in regards to what His plans were. Most often we don’t ask, we just move and breathe and operate in us, ourselves, and our way without counsel from God. Most times, we go in the power of me, myself, and I got this and not taking the time to consult the One who is concerned about our very soul, and He is always still there when we decide to seek Him concerning the things that concern us. One of my favorite scriptures is Psalm 138:8, where David says that the Lord will perfect that which concerns me. The Lord is concerned about every aspect of our life, our walk, and our journey in Him. He desires that we have the joy that is our strength and the peace that passes all understanding; He desires that we rejoice always in Him.
We should be encouraged by David’s words, encouraged as we remember that God is the joy and the strength of our lives; He comes speedily and in due season, not in our timing, otherwise how would we go from strength to strength or from faith to faith. We must continue to trust Him and always keeping in mind to wait on Him; to stand still and know that He is God, in all of His glory and His righteousness, in all of His holiness; and also keeping in our remembrance to give thanks for how in His favor is life and life more abundantly!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
|
