YOU HAVE PUT MORE JOY IN MY HEART – Beka Burch

JOY – Oh! What a wonderful thing it is! It is a gladness of heart and a happiness from God that cannot be taken away by the circumstances of life… 

So, in Psalm 4:7, when we see David proclaim “You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their wine and grain abound” it should bring us to a place of overwhelming worship!

Have you ever been in a situation that looked bleak? Maybe you’ve been in a circumstance that looked hopeless or fruitless… I can guarantee you that David surely walked through something very similar to all of us. I mean, this spiritual giant walked through trial after trial… 

He wasn’t invited to the anointing when all of his other brothers were, he was told to watch the sheep when we all know that he probably should have been the first one on the front line, he was hunted down like an animal by Saul, his throne was constantly challenged, his own son turned against him… CAN YOU IMAGINE?!

From an outside perspective, we could easily ask the question, “What did David have to be joyful about?” But if we ask that, David would tell us that we don’t really know whom he faithfully served. 

Maybe you are walking through a situation like David that has caused you to really stop, ponder God, and question what he is doing.

But in the middle of his prayer, David says that his joy far exceeds those in the world, even when their wine & grain increase.

Simply put, David knew that even in the high moments of life, his joy wasn’t based on how amazing his pile of resources and wealth appeared. His joy far exceeded the seemingly hopeful circunstancial moments of life because he communed with the JOY-GIVER! And in the low moments of life, He relied on that same, all-powerful, all-knowing God that supplied his every need before.

He wasn’t jumping around, skipping and shouting “hip hop hooray! Saul is chasing me down today! What a glorious day! Absalom wants my throne!” That would be silly. 

But in the hardest of moments — the dark caves and the end of the spear — David could, with full assurance of faith, proclaim the gladness of heart that lived inside of him because he trusted in the joy-giver, God himself. 

And in many of the Psalms we see David pour his heart and worship out as an offering and sacrifice to God. 

So, when the circumstances around us look hopeless or the trial we are walking through doesn’t seem to end, in faith we can remember his goodness, hope, and life he brings — which will cause us to have an unexplainable joy that the world could never possess. 

And when the world is living it up, building their wealth and gleaning in the light of a mountain top of fame, wealth and fortune, we can, with confidence, declare that His joy is far better.

We commune with the joy-giver Himself. 

And what could be more joyful than that?