"The Joy of God's Salvation"

“The Joy of God’s Salvation”

Restore the joy of Your Salvation to me, and give me a willing spirit.     Psalm 51:12



Psalm 51 is a Davidic Psalm, meaning it is one that King David penned.  And it is a prayer of REPENTANCE from David, because of his transgressions with Bathsheba.  David was at the point where his heart was shrouded with guilt and sorrow over his sins against God.  In verse four, David confesses “Against You---You alone---I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight.”



How often have we been where David was?  Feeling GUILT and REMORSE over the sins we have committed, and NOT CONFESSED, or at least NOT quickly thereafter.  We have lingered in our transgression, with the idea that maybe God didn’t SEE or HEAR what went on.  But the TRUTH is God is ALL KNOWING, and PRESENT EVERYWHERE.  So, He KNOWS, and expects us to CONFESS our sins to Him, just as David did.  “Against You---You alone---I have SINNED and done EVIL in Your SIGHT.”



David, makes many requests of God, concerning his transgressions.  One was that God would create a CLEAN HEART for him and RENEW a STEADFAST SPIRIT within him. (v 10) Along with the CLEANSING of the HEART, comes the RENEWING of the spirit.  CONFESSING your sins is one part of REPENTANCE.  Another is to ALLOW God to RENEW in you a STEADFAST SPIRIT, which will help KEEP you FROM holding on to the sin, or drifting back into it again. 



David realized, that for him to experience, once again the JOY of God’s SALVATION, he would need to have his relationship with God, RESTORED and to do that he would NEED a WILLING SPIRIT.  WILLING to SUBMIT ALL to God and TRUST Him with his SALVATION and SANCTIFICATION.  Have you LOST the JOY of God’s SALVATION?  Have you EVER experienced the JOY of God’s SALVATION?



If you have NOT experienced the JOY of His SALVATION, then you are DESTINED to spend ALL of ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  However, God wants you to experience the JOY of His SALVATION, by:  YOU WILLINGLY TURNING AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURNING TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, and to CREATE in YOU a CLEAN HEART and a STEADFAST SPIRIT.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and experience the JOY of His SALVATION, with a WILLING HEART.  Do this NOW, while you still can, He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!