Psalm 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
This is a Psalm of anticipation and realization for David. There is the promise that his son would build the house of God, that his seed would live forever–the Messiah would come from his lineage.
David has a joyous yet sorrowful, tragic life. Some of this he brought on by himself, but some came at the hands of his family and his enemies. He found himself weeping over these things but with that came the knowledge that joy comes in the morning.
Here we see the contrasts: night/day, darkness/light, weeping/joy. Which do you think is the best morning? Is it a day off so you can sleep late? Mondays have a terrible reputation. I can't spring out of bed like I used to. This comes with the golden years (golden because the doctors get all the gold). But there will be a morning because there is a night.
Don't the nights seem endless round about Christmas time. The nights are longer; the days are shorter. There is something special about the twilight. The pollutions of the day filter out at night so the morning air is fresh; there is a scent that is not there any other time of day. God set evening and morning, not morning and evening. Remember during creation, this is what he said. The Jews still do this. The Jews start their new day at sundown. The coming of night was a new day in David's time. He began each day with troubles; they must have seemed so long with sorrow, worry, and hurt for him as well the suffering of others. It's hard to sleep when something troubles you; the night seem triple long. When we get to the dawn, we see a new day, a beautiful morning and it picks us up. God is a wonderful artist.
If battles and heartache are there in the night, how can joy come in the morning? IT (JOY) meets us every morning. Tomorrow morning will bring joy. Why? God is there. He's not dead; he is there everyday as the Lord of the morning. The weight of the troubles doesn't seem so great for we know that God is still on the throne. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. He is there. We wake up in the hospital. He is there. Whether we wake up or not, God is there. No matter what we face, God is there, and we can face it. His strength is there; he said would not leave us or forsake us> He said he'd be there alway even to the end of the world.
This kept David going. He knew Jesus was King and Lord of all. We don't know what we'll wake up to in the morning as far as this world is concerned, but every morning JOY meets us whether the day be cloudy or clear, whether the robins sing in the spring, or Jack Frost comes with the fall and winter. Whatever the morning JOY is always there. As surely as the sun comes up, HE is Lord of the morning. David's strength came from the Lord; there he found joy, mercy, help in the morning.
Besides the joy that we face in this world with each new day, David also meant the joy of the morning when we hear the trumpet sound–that last morning, the last sunrise. Then there will be no more sunsets for those who trust in the Lord. We will see a morning that will never end. John said in Revelation there is no night there. We will kiss this world, our weeping, and our troubles good bye. Don't you want to say right now, "even so come, Lord Jesus." It will happen. Then there will be no darkness; all will be right.
Don't give up. Reach out through the darkness. Hang on long enough–the sunrise is in the east. Jesus is there too. Joy does come in the morning!
Adwolfe Freewill Baptist Church 