Psalm 32

BE GLAD IN THE LORD! That's the first line in this Psalm. Such a simple statement but such a powerful truth. In the day we live in being "glad" is hard sometimes. We often let our circumstances dictate our level of "gladness". David says in this Psalm "Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart." Wow! He doesn't stop with the command to be glad, he goes on to say...rejoice....as a matter of fact why don't you shout a while! lol! That cracks me up! I am loud by nature so for me to be commanded to shout makes me glad in that statement alone. I'm quite often told to be quiet, asked to be quiet or given the look...you know what I mean...the look that says "you are really getting on my nerves with your noise level".....but David says we should shout to the Lord with rejoicing! How exiciting!! And you know what??!!! It makes us feel WONDERFUL! Even when I'm down if I start praising the Lord and rejoicing audibly over what He's done in my life, I automatically feel joy springing up! Everything in scripture is for our benefit. Obedience is better than sacrifice it tells us in I Samuel, so start obeying scripture by doing some shouting .......You'll be glad you did....(even you quiet people!)