Psalms 4:6-7 (NIV)
[6] Many are asking, “Who can show us any good?”
Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.
[7] You have filled my heart with greater joy
than when their grain and new wine abound.
A Christian must answer this question with surety and a real conviction.
The reason we get so caught up in politics and candidates is because in our hearts we believe that a certain type of government, or human rights, wilil bring peace and joy.
The reason we spend our emotion in finding the right person to love or who will love us, is because we believe that they can give us joy and peace in this life.
The reason we give our blood sweat and tears to our work or business, with no time for the Lord or our familiy, is because we believe that the earnings and profits we will have from them will give us joy.
Who will show us any good?
A true believer knows that only the light of the grace of God shining upon us will bring us joy.
He gives us a greater joy more than when their grain and new wine abound. To translaste that in modern words - God's joy is greater than economic reviews, stock market prices, more than our salaries, profits and benefits we can get from work can give us. More than the love of a spouse, of a friend. More than politics, or a President's character or foreign policies.
God gives us a greater joy. In a circus of a world we live in, don't you think we need a greater joy than what it promises us?
Who will show us any good? Check your heart. Where does our joy come from?
