“Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
-Psalm 30:4-5 (NLT)
I find it refreshing to know that, while God has a time for everything, He gives little of it to anger and weeping. Rather, He dwells on the good: favor and joy. Favor for a lifetime and joy in the morning.
Notice that He doesn't promise to shelter us from His anger or from the weeping that this world brings, but He does bring favor and joy that far outlast the time spent in anger or weeping. And not only that, but He transforms us by the bad into something good. His anger becomes the action that leads to Him disciplining us because He loves us. Our weeping and mourning become joyful dancing.
Why does He do this?
So that, out of our great thankfulness, we will finally see a bigger piece of His great love for us.
vs. 11-12
“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!”
“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!”
I'm reading through the New Testament and Psalms with my friends this year. Would you like to join us? This post is from our discussion on Facebook here, and we'd love for you to jump in on the fun! Come stop by and leave your own thoughts on Psalm 30!
Special thanks to my friends at outpostChurch
Special thanks to my friends at outpostChurch
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