RR Psalm 28:7c Part 9
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Psalm 28:7 – Part 9
Psalm 28:7 Adonai is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts in Him, and I was helped. Therefore my heart leaps for joy, and I will praise Him with my song.
Yesterday, we dealt with verse 7, part b. Today is reserved for part c, which again deals with the heart; this time, a leaping heart. What makes a leaping heart leap? Nothing less than joy, a fruit of the spirit. If this were in Eitan’s book (see the RR from yesterday), it would be titled, “A Heart Of Joy.” The foundational verse is Psalm 16:9 So my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body also rests secure.
This “joy” is not to be confused with “happiness.” Joy is gladness from within (a fruit of a steadfast relationship that is secure in the Lord), while “happy” is from “happenstance” which is an emotion based on external phenomena. Happiness can be stolen as circumstances change.
They call Disneyland “the happiest place on earth,” and it may be. But when you leave there the happiness fades quickly, only to be replaced with a “happiness hangover.”
Joy cannot be stolen because it is from within, the natural result of an ongoing relationship with the living God called love. Paul asks a rhetorical question, Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? His exhaustive answer can be shortened to “nothing or no-one.” Joy is our heritage in Messiah Yeshua. Psalm 119:111 Your testimonies I have as a heritage forever, for they are my heart’s joy.
Paul is nearing the end of his treatise which became the book of Romans, when he offers up this short prayer as he teaches on the unity of Jews and Gentiles. Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in trusting, so you may overflow with hope in the power of the Ruach ha-Kodesh. Wow! Did you catch that? “…May the God of hope fill you with all joy….” Let’s agree with that together and receive it personally as our own blessing.
One last word… the joy of which I am speaking is based on trust. God is good! Trust in Him! Psalm 40:5(4)a Blessed is the one who put his confidence (trust) in Adonai. The first Hebrew word is “Ashre,” and it means so much more than “blessed.” It is an interjection, like “hooray!” that indicates a person so joyful that he/she can’t contain it. May each of us be that person who is so overflowing with joy that we can’t contain it. All we can do is shout, “Ashre!” Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Wed7-May 20259th of Iyar, 5785
Day 18 of the Omer
Le 18:22-19:14Isa 60Job 161 Jn 5 (Mt 16)
Psalms
Psalm 28:7 – Part 9
Psalm 28:7 Adonai is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts in Him, and I was helped. Therefore my heart leaps for joy, and I will praise Him with my song.
Yesterday, we dealt with verse 7, part b. Today is reserved for part c, which again deals with the heart; this time, a leaping heart. What makes a leaping heart leap? Nothing less than joy, a fruit of the spirit. If this were in Eitan’s book (see the RR from yesterday), it would be titled, “A Heart Of Joy.” The foundational verse is Psalm 16:9 So my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body also rests secure.
This “joy” is not to be confused with “happiness.” Joy is gladness from within (a fruit of a steadfast relationship that is secure in the Lord), while “happy” is from “happenstance” which is an emotion based on external phenomena. Happiness can be stolen as circumstances change.
They call Disneyland “the happiest place on earth,” and it may be. But when you leave there the happiness fades quickly, only to be replaced with a “happiness hangover.”
Joy cannot be stolen because it is from within, the natural result of an ongoing relationship with the living God called love. Paul asks a rhetorical question, Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? His exhaustive answer can be shortened to “nothing or no-one.” Joy is our heritage in Messiah Yeshua. Psalm 119:111 Your testimonies I have as a heritage forever, for they are my heart’s joy.
Paul is nearing the end of his treatise which became the book of Romans, when he offers up this short prayer as he teaches on the unity of Jews and Gentiles. Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in trusting, so you may overflow with hope in the power of the Ruach ha-Kodesh. Wow! Did you catch that? “…May the God of hope fill you with all joy….” Let’s agree with that together and receive it personally as our own blessing.
One last word… the joy of which I am speaking is based on trust. God is good! Trust in Him! Psalm 40:5(4)a Blessed is the one who put his confidence (trust) in Adonai. The first Hebrew word is “Ashre,” and it means so much more than “blessed.” It is an interjection, like “hooray!” that indicates a person so joyful that he/she can’t contain it. May each of us be that person who is so overflowing with joy that we can’t contain it. All we can do is shout, “Ashre!” Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Wed7-May 20259th of Iyar, 5785
Day 18 of the Omer
Le 18:22-19:14Isa 60Job 161 Jn 5 (Mt 16)
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