1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you for listening to your 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines the Bible each 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: day to learn more about God and his will for us. 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Shaka Hines, and after this short word 5 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: from our sponsor, will dive into today's verse in Psalm thirty, 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: verse eleven. Today's Bible verse is Psalm thirty verse eleven. 7 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: You turned my wailing into dancing. You removed my sackcloth 8 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: and clothe me with joy. A couple of weeks ago, 9 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: my friend died. She was forty years old, and it 10 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: was completely unexpected. She called me Mi Amiga and viaded Dios, 11 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: my friend sent by God, and she called me her people. 12 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: I got the privilege of watching this incredible woman continually 13 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: yield her past to God and accept his deep love 14 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: for her. There was such transformation in her that I 15 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: kid you not. She grew more youthful and peaceful and 16 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: beautiful with the passage of time. Her life exemplified the 17 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: goodness of God expressed by David. You turn my wailing 18 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: into dancing, You remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy. 19 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: Now about Psalm thirty, scholars conclusions differ regarding whether it 20 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: was composed by David for the dedication of his palace 21 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: or for the future dedication of God's temple, which david 22 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: son Solomon would later build, but either way, David writes 23 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: this song to highlight God's goodness. The first five verses, 24 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: David exalts God for his protection, his healing, and his mercy, 25 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: and then he exhorts the people to praise God because 26 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: God's anger, which does result and discipline for sin, lasts 27 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: only as long as it needs to. But God's desire 28 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: is always than to show favor or pleasure towards people. 29 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: In verses six and seven, David confesses that his sinful 30 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: self confidence it caused the Lord to hide his face 31 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: from David, and in verses eight through ten, David describes 32 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: how he cried out to the Lord for his mercy 33 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: and help. Now Verse eleven brings us back to the 34 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: reason for David's praise God's gracious response to David's repentance. 35 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: David writes, you turned my wailing into dancing. You removed 36 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. Now Here, David 37 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: uses vivid image easily understood by his Jewish audience to 38 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: describe what it feels like to be separated from God 39 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: because of sin, and then to have God remove David's 40 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: shame and restore intimacy with David. Wailing and sackcloth were 41 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: commonly found at scenes of intense mourning. Sackcloth is this 42 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: dark material made from camel or goat hair, and as 43 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: used to make grain bags. The dawning of sackcloth. Then 44 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: it was this outward physical sign indicating profound repentance, and 45 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: it might be worn while mourning the death of a 46 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: loved one, or if there was a national calamity, or 47 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: at a time of deep repentance in esther Iour. Jews 48 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: across the Persian Empire put on sackcloth, and they wept 49 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: in this public display of national lament over their distress 50 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: at the news that their people had been betrayed to 51 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: death by Hayman. Now this is the imagery David uses 52 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: to describe his intense sorrow over his sin and what 53 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: it feels like to have God hide his face. The 54 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: imagery used of dancing and clothed with joy. It lies 55 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: at the opposite extreme from the funeral imagery of wailing 56 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: and sackcloth. Dancing and being clothed with joy indicate a 57 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: time of celebration. David praises God because God has removed 58 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: his shame, clothed him with joy, and invited him to celebrate. 59 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: In Luke fifteen, we find story that a lot of 60 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: people know. It's a parallel to David's experience, and it's 61 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: found in the parable Jesus tells about the prodigal son. 62 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: The son pridefully demands his share of his father's inheritance 63 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: while his father is still living, and then the son 64 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: goes off on his own and squanders everything the father 65 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: gave him at his lowest, when he was unclean and 66 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: defiled by pig waste. The son comes to his senses, 67 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: he humbles himself, and he returns to his father to 68 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: beg for forgiveness. But his father has been watching for him, 69 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: and when he sees him while he's still far away, 70 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: the father himself races towards the sun and kisses him. 71 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: He orders the servants to put his best robe on 72 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: the sun, and he throws a celebratory feast. Of course, 73 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: the father's heart in this parable is meant to represent 74 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: the heart and attitude of God himself, and this is 75 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: how David understood his Lord to be in Psalm verse 76 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: thirty or Psalm Chapter thirty, verse eleven. A God of 77 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: great compassion waiting from Afar for his sons and daughters 78 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: to turn to him, A God who desires to remove 79 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: their sorrow and shame, give them a fresh, clean start, 80 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: and throw them a party. And this is the hope 81 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: of everyone who runs to Jesus and trusts him for 82 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: their salvation. This is now the fulfilled hope of my friend. 83 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: I was privileged to experience life with her and watch 84 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: as she repented of her sins and left her burdens 85 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: with God. It was beautiful to see God clothe her 86 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: with joy in this life. And now, as David described, 87 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: Jesus has completely turned her mourning into dancing and she 88 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: is with him celebrating forever. Maybe today is your day 89 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: to run into the arms of Jesus so that he 90 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: can turn your sorrow into dancing and change your mourning 91 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: clothes into robes of joy as he invites you to 92 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: celebrate with him. If you're ready to do that, let's 93 00:06:55,200 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: pray Father God before you now, humbly acknowledging that we 94 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: have great need God. We are unable to save ourselves, 95 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: and our sin is great. God before you, Jesus. We 96 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: recognize what you did, the work you did on the cross, 97 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: when you suffered and died to take on the punishment 98 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: and the discipline that we deserved, and we accept the 99 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: free gift offered by your death, burial, and then the 100 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: resurrection that is to come. Lord. We ask for the 101 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: forgiveness of our sins. We ask that you would teach 102 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: us to continually yield to you the way that my 103 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: friend did over her lifetime. Because God, one day we 104 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: want to say to celebrate with you the victory, the 105 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: victory of being completely clothed and your joy. We love you, Jesus, 106 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: and we pray these things in your name. Amen.