my soap journal

Scripture:

Psalm 70:4 “May all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness.  May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, ‘God is great!’”

Observation:

Filled with joy and gladness.  Not happiness, wealth, health, or so many of life’s other blessings and gifts, but joy and gladness.  These other things are transitory – some people have them all their life, some come in and out of them, others are cast a hard lot and never see a single one.  Joy and Gladness can be independent of every other life circumstance and these are what David requests of God for us – for me.

Application:

I do feel full of joy and gladness!  So what does David say my  reaction should be?  Shout “God is great!”  I want my reaction to every circumstance, every success, every failure, every blessing, every tragedy to be “God is great!”  Not because of the transitory, but because of my joy in Christ.  Beyond the internal shout – I have to remember loose it from my soul and release it in my speech.  Good news ought to be shared.

Prayer:

Lord – thank you for the gifts of joy and gladness, let them continue to surround my life.