Sabbath in the Psalms

15 Days

Joy In His Presence

Day 2

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“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11

It’s challenging to trust that God - who is intangible - will satisfy us completely. What’s easier is to dedicate our time to tangible, controllable things that we know will temporarily satisfy us: watching TV, scrolling, shopping, etc. However, Scripture teaches that the byproduct of time spent with God is joy. God is the author and chief source of pleasure, and He promises to share it with us if we are willing to seek Him. What does this mean for our day-to-day lives? It means that we aim to focus more on God than on the things of this world. As we do this, we give Him what He deserves: our attentiveness, which is our worship. What does He do in response? He illuminates how we are designed to live, satisfies us with unshakeable joy, and extends to us what is at His right hand: pleasures forevermore.

Reflect + Apply:

Read Psalm 16 and reflect on the depth of joy that God has provided and kept for you. Let that joy infuse your heart and mind today.

God, help me to trust that You are all-satisfying. Lead me to treasure You as I should. And distract me from what distracts me from You.

Scripture References

15.This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

1.Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,2.but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

11.You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

7.Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

1.The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

8.Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.9.Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.

5.Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

10.for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

1.Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.2.From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.3.For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.

10.Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

1.Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.91:1 Hebrew Shaddai2.I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

1.Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.2.Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—3.who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,4.who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,5.who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

50.My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

1.Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

1.How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

7.They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

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