Saturday 18th April
Read Psalm 4:6-7
6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”7 You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
You might remember the idea of ‘many who say’ (see Ps3:2) but in this case it is not referring to the sceptical who doubt but to those who trust God to protect and care for them from whose mouth the words of request come. In David’s case the ‘goodness’ of God is expressed in the context of words that go back to the time of Moses and the priestly blessing of Num. 6:24–26 that asks that God’s goodness would be seen in the lives of his people thus silencing those who oppose the Lord. The result of being aware of God’s goodness is joy; it’s a joy greater than that which comes from a bountiful harvest! It is a joy that we know because of a relationship with Jesus: I have spoken these things to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. (John 15:11).
Geoff Hinch
