PSALM 32 VS 8-11
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
JOYLESS OR JOYFUL
A person who is forgiven is the happiest man on the planet, pure joy fills his/her heart.
Look at what they are able to do, they are able to instruct others, we are able to relate our experiences to others, we can share the joy of being forgiven with others, it is truly something we can share.. amen
We who are forgiven and upright in heart, can be glad, we can shout for joy. We can praise the God who alone gives us forgiveness, this is the greatest feeling in the world to be forgiven, the psalmist just shouts it out.
Are you glad you have forgiven?
If you looked at many Christians, you wouldn’t realise it, they are so sad, not like the psalmist in verse 11, they are not glad in the Lord and shouting for joy.
Are you glad in the Lord and shouting for joy because you have been forgiven?
Are you instructing others, because you have been forgiven?
Why do you think people are so sorrowful today?
Because they have no forgiveness, people crave forgiveness, this is man’s greatest need, he has sin like a ball and chain round his foot.
We have the words of eternal life, what are you doing with them?
Believer, you have forgiveness, shout it out, be glad, tell the world that the steadfast love of the Lord surrounds those who trust in Him.
The joy of forgiveness is amazing, if you know it, it’s time to SHOUT AND SHARE IT, to a needy and hurting world.
Matthew Henry says this, and it is a great confort to hear these words
Here is a word of comfort to saints, and a good reason is given for that too. (1.) They are assured that if they will but trust in the Lord, and keep closely to him, mercy shall compass them about on every side (Ps. 32:10), so that they shall not depart from God, for that mercy shall keep them in, nor shall any real evil break in upon them, for that mercy shall keep it out. (2.) They are therefore commanded to be glad in the Lord, and to rejoice in him, to such a degree as even to shout for joy, Ps. 32:11. Let them be so transported with this holy joy as not to be able to contain themselves; and let them affect others with it, that they also may see that a life of communion with God is the most pleasant and comfortable life we can live in this world. This is that present bliss which the upright in heart, and they are only, are entitled to and qualified for.
GOD BLESS YOU
KK