Whether the sting of death has bitten hard, or you are crawling out of a dungeon of your own sin, when you seek God's grace there comes along with it, the joy of God's salvation. And what a joy it is! Jesus earned it for you and all people when he died for the sins of the world. He secured it when he rose from the dead. God promises it to all who believe in him. And like David, if we continue that prayer we will recall that the joy of God's salvation is to be shared so that transgressors will be taught the truth of God's salvation and sinners will return to God.
Talk about joy! Take a quick look at Luke 15 and you see played out how complete that joy is. It's shared by God and all the angels in heaven when one sinner repents. What glorious joy that is!
