“27. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 28. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.”
David has been calling out to God in Psalm 35 concerning his enemies that try to destroy him without a cause. Some say this is when King Saul is after him for no good reason. We pick up reading in verse 27 and the attention now shifts to those standing with David. The first part of the verse says, “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause…” David was a man after God’s own heart. These men that were standing with David chose to favor David because of who his God is. We know that, because the verse says, “…Let the LORD be magnified…” They are all in distress, but yet we still see them praising God! The key to today’s thought comes from the next few words, remember the Lord is being magnified, and then the scripture says, “…which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.” It is so sad that lost people around this world think that the Christian life is dull and boring. That’s not it at all. The Bible says God takes pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. That is absolutely amazing! Let’s define these two words quickly; pleasure, the act of approving; a liking; support; a favor; that which pleases; next is prosperity, advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired. What is prosperity to you? I know we like to hunt for big bucks! We also enjoy taking others hunting! We love seeing people accept Christ as their Savior. We also enjoy helping churches have successful game dinners or sportsmen’s banquets. Prosperity can be a lot of different things to different people. God loves us very much! He wants us to be happy in life! He wants to bless us with prosperity. Be careful though! This is where we tend to mess up. Prosperity becomes our focus in life. The Bible does not teach us to live this way! Matthew 22:37-38 “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.” This verse doesn’t say to love prosperity with all your heart, it says to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. Satan always wants to use God’s blessings to misdirect us! We serve an amazing God! The Bible says He takes pleasure in our prosperity. Keep looking up, keep moving forward! Where are you at today? Maybe you haven’t experienced all the prosperity God has for you yet. Maybe today your in a day of distress. Are you praising God? Notice again David and his men as they are in distress, “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified…” Praise Him in your distress! Don’t let the devil get you down. God loves us so much that he tells His children that He takes a liking; a favoring; or a pleasing in those that have prosperity! Keep moving forward! God loves you! Psalm 37:4 “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Memory Verse Week 12/20/20
Psalm 35:27
“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.”
