Joy in the best form

 Day 7 8/21/2011

 Psalm 30:1

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 30

A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the Temple.

 ¹ I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me.
      You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.

Psalm 30:5

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ⁵ 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 30:11-12

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ¹¹ You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
      You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
 ¹² that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
      O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name
Blessed by Your name- Newsboys


When I read anything I tend to play a movie in my head. I try to picture what is going on. I love to dive into a good book and escape my surroundings. On the way to church I read Psalm 30:1. I was hit with the words so I read them over and over again. I pictured the Lord holding my enemies back so they wouldn't harm me. Now I picture myself bowing to praise him as he does this. It's just a reminder that no matter what happens in my life I will be able to survive. The Lord will continue to rescue me from my enemies. He will not let them triumph over me.


During worship we sang the song blessed be Your name. It is such a beautiful song.The song speaks about praising God through everything even when it gets tough. There is one point where we start singing YOU GIVE AND TAKE AWAY my heart will choose to say Lord blessed be your name. I then thought that when things are hard and when I feel like I'm crazy because I'm so sad I must praise God anyway. He calls me to give him all my trials and give him all my sadness so that he may takeaway the load from my shoulders and give me strength and peace to get through each day. Though I fight battles all the time God will never let my enemies triumph over me.

Yes when all else is going south God will give me a reason to dance with joy and sing praises to his name. He will take off the cloak of darkness and clothe me with his satisfying joy.