This Psalm of David, Psalm 30, is another beautiful reminder of God’s work in our lives that reminds us that He is the eternal constant, healer, the life keeper, the turner of sorrow into joy! Like most of David’s Psalms, there is an overarching tone of David proclaiming what God did, who God is, and then boom! – The praise and joy come.

The enemy of our souls wants us to dwell on the temporal and make it into the eternal torture and sorrow he wants for our lives. God, on the other hand, wants us to remind ourselves and others of the good things He has done. The times that He has healed you. The times that He has loved you when you were unlovable. The times that He has delivered you. To show us that joy awaits if we do what David did and remember, proclaim, and move our thoughts and hearts toward praise.

Verse 5 is the money verse, in my opinion. “For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.”

Notice the verse starts with God’s anger. Yes, God gets angry. And yet, because He is the best Father ever, it is only temporary. But His favor! His favor is for a lifetime. Why? Because we deserve it? No! Because we are His kids! Being a child of God means His favor is on you, and it’s a constant that we fall back on, especially when we mess up. The key is what David is modeling. Not being entitled or thinking we earned His favor or deserve it, but acknowledging our dependence on it because we don’t deserve it!

The second part of the verse is also something we all need to work on. Remember. Sorrow is temporary and eventually gives way to joy because of God. For the believer, sorrow is a temporary exercise in remembering this fallen world. But the joy that’s coming is the reminder that God makes it new in the morning.

That God redeems, heals, and saves!

Reminding you and me that joy is coming and has come,
Pastor Mike