Joy

 Psalm 30:5 ESV

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favour is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.


We might assume anger is a bad thing, but it isn't necessarily so. If God didn't get angry at sin, that would be horrible. If he simply shrugged his shoulders at our evil, he wouldn't be God.

Although God gets angry, the Psalmist reassured us that his anger is momentary. He doesn't sulk or get grumpy. In fact, if he favours us, his favour is forever.

I'm sure we've all known tearful nights. Maybe it was sorrow for our own sin, a bereavement, or some hurt someone did to us. Yet the Psalmist assures us that 'this too shall pass'.

Joy comes with the morning. Even if the night is dark, the eternal dawn will break. God will wipe away every last year from our eyes.

'Dear Father God, we're so grateful for the joy we can enjoy in you. Please help us cling to you even through the hard nights, in the name of Christ we pray, amen'.

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