But Joy Comes In The Morning

What I found interesting is the fact that David had to command them to do it.

You know ... something’s should just be understood. In fact, you would be surprised at the number of people on this earth who don’t know their purpose of being here.

- Yes ... it is good that you are rich

- It is good that you are educated

- It is good that you got houses and land

- Everything that you have desired to attain in your life you have ... that’s good.

But let me help you ... you see, that is not your purpose of being here.

You were created by GOD, for God ... and your purpose, if you chose to accept it is to praise and glory His name (cf. Psalm 135]

Maybe we have these two commands here because God knew that we would need to be reminded to sing and praise Him.

Maybe He knew ... of course God is omniscience (knows all things) maybe we have these commands here because He know that our songs would someday be sizzled in apathy and our praise to Him would be paralyzed by pride.

Christians should be the most joyous people on the face of the earth. Why ... because I read the story and I know how it ends. I hate to spoil it for you, but for those of you in despair ... we get the victory. All we have to do is (1) look back over our life, (2) remember what God has done for us, and give Him the praise.

Again, we see here in [v.4] two commands to praise God: Sing and Give thanks

Some of you may be able to relate to just what David is talking about here.

You’ve been near death in the hospital or with an illness. You’ve come close in some other accident, yet through it all God has delivered you out of the pit of pain

Maybe your deliverance has nothing to do with your physical well-being.

Well let me help you ... you see some of us have gotten so trip up by prosperity, so much so that we have forgot from whence God has brought us from.

You see ... the pride of prosperity has caused us to zip up our lips. Now we are too cute to praise God. Too many clothes in our closets have caused us to cancel our handclaps of praise.

The abundance of food in our cupboard has satisfied our hunger and thirst for righteousness.

So this doesn’t happen to us ...Allow me to help you remember His goodness so that you too can praise Him...

- Remember when you were flat broke and didn’t know where the next meal was going to come from? God can!

- Remember when you couldn’t pay your bills and God brought you through?

- Remember when you didn’t have two dimes to rub together. To buy your family a loaf of bread.

- Remember when you were lying on your back in that hospital room sick and didn’t think that you would ever get well.

- Remember when you use to have to wear hand me down clothes.

- Remember that job that you prayed for and now you want to quite.

- God has brought you through all those things and so much more!

- God has delivered some of you from failing marriages, broken childhoods, terrible past experiences.

- It was God who delivered you from those traumatic situations and now there is healing and wholeness.

- And all He wants you to do is Remember and Give Thanks. Allow me to help somebody this morning...