New Day – Psalms 30:4-5

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

From Dark To Dawn 4-5

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” Isn’t that one of the most hopeful verse in all the Bible.

David had fallen prostrate in sackcloth and ashes as he heard the reports of the plague spreading over his nation. 70,000 of his people were killed. His heart was broken, his sin had brought this upon the innocent and he could do nothing but weep and cry out to God for deliverance.

The weeping went through the night, but then David saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the field with a sword stretched out over Israel. The sword was stayed, it was not longer slaying, it was held out as a gesture of ceasing the deaths. That morning when David saw it and understood, it signaled the end of the death, his weeping stopped and his joy began.

From Brokenness to Blessedness

“Weeping may endure for the night but joy cometh in the morning.” I can’t tell you how many times my sweet wife, LeeOra has shared that verse with friends, family and church members who are going through pain and sorrow that we can’t alleviate. She tells them personally, she, unlike me, is very good at writing letter and send cards and when someone was hurting, this is one of the promises she shares with them.

And it deserves to be shared because one of the greatest strengths of character that the Christian has and the world cannot even imagine much lest grasp, is the strength of our hope. The hope that is found in Psalms 30:5. For us, God’s children, the Lord’s church, the people of God, for us night may be long and it may be filled with pain, sorrow and brokenness, it may seem that the night we are going through has no end that we can see, but still we know that there is an end because God has promised it.

“Weeping may endure for a night, but when that night ends and it will end, then joy comes to God’s own.” The followers of God always go from brokenness to blessedness. I believe it is true for every earthly sorrow we go through now, but even if I can’t see the end of this present night, I know that one day eternity itself will dawn and all the broken hearted nights of this world will be replaced by a joy that will never end.

Once again listen to Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:8-17 8  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9  Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10  Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11  For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12  So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 13   We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; 14  Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 15  For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

This past year and maybe even the coming year and many more after that may seem like an endless night to others, but not to us. We know the blackest dark of the world’s deepest night has an end and for us, joy will be ushered in with the dawn of that new day.