"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted."
Psalms 89:15-16
I like this idea of knowing the joyful sound. In one way it seems like knowing as in having heard it before, and in another way it seems like knowing as in understanding that what we hear is joyful. I think that is what the gospel is like for us somehow. We have to get over the hearing it at all hurdle, of course... being exposed to the gospel so that we can choose to accept it or not. But well past that point is the other hurdle--the hurdle of understanding that the gospel is pure joy, to us and to everyone that hears it.
We don't always understand that at first, or even later, mostly because I think we often hear the music of the gospel when our lives are out of tune with it, and so our lives don't seem to mesh with it very well. Luckily, we begin to understand when we first hear it, but it takes time and work to tune up our lives and get that harmony right, in order to really understand the full extent of that incredible joy that the gospel is always playing, for anyone to hear.
Today, let's know and share the joyful sound, and let's also work on getting our own lives in tune so that we can recognize and feel the joy that the music brings. Let's walk in the light of God's countenance and bask in his love, and let's rejoice "all the day" in his name. Let's joy in his gospel and righteousness: in the music that exalts, both literally and figuratively.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted."
Psalms 89:15-16
I like this idea of knowing the joyful sound. In one way it seems like knowing as in having heard it before, and in another way it seems like knowing as in understanding that what we hear is joyful. I think that is what the gospel is like for us somehow. We have to get over the hearing it at all hurdle, of course... being exposed to the gospel so that we can choose to accept it or not. But well past that point is the other hurdle--the hurdle of understanding that the gospel is pure joy, to us and to everyone that hears it.
We don't always understand that at first, or even later, mostly because I think we often hear the music of the gospel when our lives are out of tune with it, and so our lives don't seem to mesh with it very well. Luckily, we begin to understand when we first hear it, but it takes time and work to tune up our lives and get that harmony right, in order to really understand the full extent of that incredible joy that the gospel is always playing, for anyone to hear.
Today, let's know and share the joyful sound, and let's also work on getting our own lives in tune so that we can recognize and feel the joy that the music brings. Let's walk in the light of God's countenance and bask in his love, and let's rejoice "all the day" in his name. Let's joy in his gospel and righteousness: in the music that exalts, both literally and figuratively.
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