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Week 4

2 O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.

3 O LORD, you brought me up from the grave; you spared me from going down into the pit.

4 Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.

5 For his anger lasts only a moment but his favor lasts a lifetime;

weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:2-5

Verse 2 of this Psalm is such a statement of fact: “I called and you answered.” Period. God did respond. He met my expectation that He would answer.

Verse 3 seems to say that God did even more than I expected. That His grace and mercy kept me from death (physical, emotional, spiritual) and from the “pit” that I was walking toward. I have been in situations that I KNEW was bad news and I seemed to spin in a circle or wander around and not be able to find my footing. The worse case scenario was rushing toward me and I couldn’t seem to change course. God saved me.

Verse 4 is a moment of relief and praise. HALLELUJAH!!! God is WORTHY of my praise!

Verse 5 is like a “philosophical review” of the event. I am a sinner. I chose an un-Godly path but I KNOW I am a Child of God, saved by grace. I know that He is a righteous parent – angry when I am disobedient but continues to show me love – may I always know that I am loved. I cry during the discipline. It isn’t fun. It isn’t fun when I have to go through the consequences of an “unwise” (I’m being kind to myself!) decision. And so I weep.

Joy DOES come. It may not be literally “in the morning” – like 8 or 12 hours from now. When I turn control over to God, joy does come. The “weeping” may last for a ‘season’ – and that ‘season’ may be hours, days, weeks, and yes, even years, but JOY, real JOY that has NOTHING to do with my circumstances WILL come. Yes, I argue with God’s timing when I am going through the un-joyful time. But I stand and testify today that God’s timing IS perfect and the joy, the relief, the “aahhh” of the cool water after being on God’s anvil, does come!

Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing it everywhere around the world! Sing out his praises! Bless his name. Each day tell someone that he saves.

Publish his glorious acts throughout the earth. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. For the Lord is great beyond description, and greatly to be praised. Worship only him among the gods! For the gods of other nations are merely idols, but our God made the heavens! Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty are in his Temple. Psalm 96:1-6 (TLB)

I will praise You today, Lord, for:

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