"Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning." ~Psalm 30:5
What a difference would it make, in the midst of sorrow or depression or discouragement, if you knew joy was coming? And not some esoteric 'happy feeling'; no, the kind of joy that turns "mourning into dancing" and "clothes me with gladness." Could knowing that joy is coming make a difference to you today?
Well guess what? Joy IS coming. We have a guarantee from our God. Hear the promise of Isaiah: "And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." There is a day coming, we have been told, when the old order of things will pass away and God will make all things new. And for those of us who have been ransomed by the Lord, this blood-bought promise is ours in Christ, who came to give us "the oil of gladness instead of mourning." So take off the sackcloth of sorrow and anticipate the dawn of everlasting joy, when God will wipe every tear from the faces of those who trust Him.
Joy is coming. Will you be ready when it gets here?
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