June 14, 2022 -- Psalm 30:11-12 -- From mourning to dancing

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You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
  you have loosed my sackcloth
  and clothed me with gladness,
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
  O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Psalm 30:11-12 ESV

Our sorrow or mourning began when God took hold of us in Christ. The Spirit of God stirred us up so that we began to grasp the magnificence of the mercy we have received from the Living God. Despite the greatness of our sins He acted. He took off our sackcloth. He removed our transgressions and sins from us. As far as the East is from the West, so far has He removed these from us. We are clothed with gladness because we are set free from the punishment our sins deserved. The punishment has fallen on Jesus.

Some translations substitute the word “glory” for soul—that my soul may sing your praise. The glory of the Christian is the fact that in Christ he is a new creation—the old is gone and the new has come. In Christ the believer is already united with God—the Spirit lives in all who profess Jesus Christ. This is the glory that is given to all who confess the Name of Jesus. The result is a life that sings praises to God—the God of our Salvation, the God Who has lifted us up from death and set His favor on us.

We will not be silent. Those who are lifted up in Christ so do not ask “what is the least I can do?” There is no option of being silent. The grip of grace draws from our lips praise and thanksgiving, testimony and commitment to the LORD of Glory. How can those who have been so blessed ever keep silent? It is not possible. The end of the psalm bears witness to this—O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever! Nothing else is fitting for our King! A redeemed soul cannot be stopped from bringing honour and praise.

The prayer this morning is the earlier part of Psalm 30

I will praise you, Lord, for you have saved me from my enemies. You refuse to let them triumph over me.  O Lord my God, I pleaded with you, and you gave me my health again. 3 You brought me back from the brink of the grave, from death itself, and here I am alive!

 Oh, sing to him you saints of his; give thanks to his holy name.  His anger lasts a moment; his favor lasts for life! Weeping may go on all night, but in the morning there is joy.
Psalm 30:1-5 TLB

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