What Joy!

With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
Psalm 84:2b NLT

Ephesians 5:18-20 tells us, Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So let me share some excerpts from Psalm 84 with you. It is what's on my heart!

4 What joy for those who can live in Your house,
always singing Your praises. Interlude

5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,
it will become a place of refreshing springs.
The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.

7 They will continue to grow stronger,
and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

10 A single day in Your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

11 For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.
He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in You.

Prayer:

Father,
          Thank You for Your Word! It is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, rescuing us from a dark world. Set Your fire in our souls, Father, in Jesus' Name we pray. Amen.