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January 30, 2019

Psalm 30:4-5

Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;
    praise his holy name.
For his anger lasts only a moment,
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.

New International Version (NIV)

                Jesus did not come to make bad people good. He came to make dead people live. David knew firsthand how sin could lead to death. As he looked back at God’s forgiveness, he compared it to resurrection. “You Lord brought me up from the realm of the dead.”

                Jesus, the Son of David, disrupted every funeral he attended. How did Lazarus feel about Jesus when he raised him from the dead? David’s words capture the gratitude, “Praise his holy name.” Again he said, “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”

                David is not writing about the sorrow of suffering, but about the sorrow caused by his own sin. In repentance, he cried for mercy and God healed him turning his “wailing into dancing” (30:11). Have you sinned? Ask God for mercy. Has God forgiven you? Rejoice. The singing group called Glad captured it in their signature song: “Be glad, oh, be glad. Every debt that you ever had, has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord. Be glad. Be glad.”

Pray with me:

Father, thank you for your forgiveness. You have turned our mourning into dancing. Weeping has endured for the night. Joy has come right on time this morning. We praise your holy name. Amen.

This year our Every Day with Jesus readings will follow The Bible Project Read Scripture Plan. Copies of this reading plan are available at Tallowood Baptist Church, or download
the app at readscripture.org. Read through the Bible with us in 2019!
Joyfully,
Duane

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