Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Psalm 51:12

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Psalm 51

Joy is one of the greatest gifts accompanying our salvation. Professor Lewis Smedes wrote, “You and I were created for joy, and if we miss it, we miss the reason for our existence! Moreover, the reason Jesus Christ lived and died on earth was to restore to us the joy we have lost…. His Spirit comes to us with the power to believe that joy is our birthright because the Lord has made this day for us.”1

The Bible calls it “joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8, KJV).

When we allow disobedience to fester in our lives, it depresses our joy. When David sinned against God, he spent a year without joy before confessing his failure and asking for a restoration of joy.

Don’t wait as long as David. The joy of our salvation is too precious to allow sin to rob it away. Confess your wrongdoing; turn from it now with God’s help. He will restore your joy and uphold you with His generous Spirit.

You can be joyful again today!

Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things.

Kay Warren

1Kay Warren, Choose Joy (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2012).

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