“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy” (Psalm 30:11 NLT).
When we receive God’s comfort, He not only wipes away our tears, He strengthens our weak knees and sagging spirits, so that our “mourning is turned into dancing.” This comfort flows to us in such abundance as to produce an overflow, a surplus that is meant for sharing with others. Imagine the drastic transformation of the disciples on Easter morning and you get a sense of this comfort that moved them from discouragement to delight.
The Lord Jesus has not only redeemed us from sin and death, He has purchased for us a new spiritual wardrobe. Yet, we must put off our old clothes of mourning and put on the new. How? Ask. Ask not only for help removing the old sadness, the old discouragement, the old clothes. Sure, ask for that. But especially ask for the new clothing. Reach into the Holy Spirit’s closet and put on joy! It’s there for the taking and for the wearing for those who would walk in the Spirit.
Have you taken off the old mourning clothes and put on your new clothes of joy today?
PRAYER: Dear Lord, we give You our grief and mourning and You replace it with joy and dancing. For in You is all joy. Death is defeated. Sin’s chains are broken. We are adopted as God’s children in Your name. Your joy is now ours! In Jesus’ name, Amen.