Devotion:
Read Psalm 30:1-5.
In this Psalm David thanks God for his repeated care and deliverance over a lifetime. David praises God for delivering him from his enemies, for healing him, and for keeping him from going down to the pit. Then he urges the listener to join him, to sing praises and give thanks. He reminds us that weeping will come to an end. Morning stands for the time when God gives relief. David had experienced much tragedy, anxiety, and fear. He had cried out to God when he had been in a pit of despair. During the uncertainty of the COVID-19 virus many of us may have felt like David - anxious, fearful, and uncertain. Maybe you feel like you’re in the pit! We will have times of weeping, but God can bring us through those to experience joy again.
Often it takes times of tragedy to remind us what really matters in life. When things are going well, we can easily take life for granted. We become tied to so many nonessential, unimportant things. We tend to grow overly concerned about cars, houses, furniture, clothes, and countless other trappings of modern life. But when life is reduced to the essentials and we are asked to simplify and sacrifice, we recall again that life itself is enough reason to praise God. And this is the lesson David teaches in Psalm 30.
Personal Worship Option:
Spend time today praising God for your life, good health, family, and your faith. Thank God for always bringing joy after a time of weeping.
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