# 9. 2018 Dev. Ps.30:5. Rejoice! Read all of Ps 30. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 30:5 “For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”
Ps. 30 is a song of praise for the dedication of the temple but also a time of healing for David. God’s eminence, David’s praise of God and his personal well being are inseparable from God in his life. The Psalm is probably connected to 1Ch.: 21,22, David gathering material for the building of the temple. The Psalm may have been used for the rebuilding of the second temple along with the Psalms of assent (Ps. 120-134).
Verses 1-3 Exalts God and praises Him for deliverance. Verses 4-5 is a call to praise God for his mercy and a call for rejoicing after a time of suffering and mourning. Verses 6-7 Is a discussion of God’s favor and God’s rejection. Verses 8-10 Is a rhetorical discussion of God’s disfavor and a request for mercy. Verses 11-12 Is God’s answer to David’s request; “wailing into dancing, from sackcloth to clothed with joy, singing from silence, praising God forever!”
This Psalm has become personal for my wife and I, cancer for both of us drove us into the depth and placed us in the pit. It looked like the end of life as we knew it but God brought us back from what at the time seemed like the “realm of the dead”. We know illness comes from Satan and when cancer hits it is because God has allowed it but it was hard to get our heads around God’s sovereignty. What it comes down to is faith, God’s plan is a good plan even when it involves cancer. We learned about faith! Our faith grew large! Our dependence on God takes on a new meaning! We thank God that we can say: “Weeping may stay for the night but rejoicing comes in the morning”. God “turned my (our) wailing into dancing…” Thanks be to God!
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