Apr 23 Devotion: Exceeding Joy

Ps. 43:1-4- Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

*In these verses, we find the…

1. Pleading -v. 1

2. Plea -v. 2

3. Pleased -v. 4

Exceeding Joy!

*exceeding joy can be found in the…

1. Person of God!  -v. 4

2. Precepts of God! -v. 3a

3. Places of God!  -v. 3b

-Holy Hill = a place of humble fellowship

-Tabernacles = a place of worship

1. Pursuit of God!  -v. 4a

2. Praising God!  -v. 4b

May your joy be full in Jesus today! –Pastor Doug Foster