Joy Comes In The Morning Pt 2
25/01/2026
Consideration of the New Year, when ALL IS NEW.
The Structure of the book of Psalms into 5 Books, Each signifying its end with a Doxology, Praise.
Psalm 1, (“Blessed is the man…“) to Ps 42-72 (“The prayers of David, the son of Jesse are ended“).
Ps 73 (“A Psalm of Asaph“) NB: Titles are Scripture. To Ps 89:52 “Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.”
Ps 90 “A Prayer of Moses the man of God” to Ps 106 “…Praise ye the LORD” (Tetragrammaton, the four letter name for God Y (yod) H (hey) W (vav) H (hey). Unpronounceable!The proper name of God distinguished from his titles such as Elohim)
The Final book, Ps 107 beginning with “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.” to Ps 150, ending with “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD” a complete doxology.
The Day Begins Anew
Psalm 30:5
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.
Psalm 126:5
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Romans 8:18
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Matthew 5:4–8
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
The Day Contains Eternity
2 Corinthians 4:17–18
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Moses, esteemed
….the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. Hebrews 11:26
1 Corinthians 15:58
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Daniel 12:3
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Beloved, todays consideration is a much deeper study than the last. Pt 1 was about trust and reward, PT 2 is about UNDERSTANDING.
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day IS God Governed
In this we see that God is sovereign, God is in control and we KNOW IT, we ALL know it instinctively.
But in this we also must see that reward and accountability is rightly administered.
The Sovereignty of God and the Free Will of Man is not a contradiction, but a PARADOX practically taught in the scriptures and ALSO practically observed in life.
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day Is The Lords
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day IS God Governed
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 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. Psalm 30:3–5
For this to be TRUE there must be the recognition that God is in control.
For David to credit the LORD with bringing his soul from the grave and keeping him alive, testifies to God being in control of both the night and the morning. THE DAY IS GOD GOVERNED.
We know instinctively that God is sovereign, that God is in control, we always have known it. If that were not true we would never presume purpose in matters of life, we would never ask the question “Why?” when something occurs that we do not understand.
The Day is God Governed and we know it, but too often forget.
EVEN THE ATHEIST unwittingly recognises the sovereignty of God in the world.
They accept Romans 1 as TRUE, even to the point that they can recognise his attributes;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Romans 1:19–20
The greatest and clearest attribute of the nature of God is that God governs the day.
They admit to it each and every time they attempt to refute his existence using the argument of evil.
“If God were true why does he allow evil in the world?“
It is an argument almost as old as Time.
- It presumes control, “why does he allow“, all powerful control, we call this OMNIPOTENCE.
- It presumes knowledge “why does he allow evil in the world“, all knowledge of when and where evil occurs in order to prevent it from occurring, we call this OMNISCIENCE.
- It presumes his active presence “why does he allow” all evil everywhere it happens at the same time it is happening, in one place as well as another, we call this OMNIPRESENCE.
- It presumes he is “perfectly Good“, their recognition of Evil in the statement and their denunciation of God thereby, presumes they know if there is a God, he must be perfectly GOOD. We call this Omnibenevolence.
- Finally, As this argument is as old as any can remember, it also presumes their knowledge of his character does not change, we refer to this as his IMMUTABILITY, he cannot change.
- Therefore beloved, we ALL know instinctively that God is in control. We know all that EVERY DAY IS GOD GOVERNED.
No claim can be made that “Joy cometh in the morning” if God could not govern the day.
No claim can be made against the knowledge that at some time, in some way, they who love God will rejoice every more.
THE PARADOX
“But“, you would say, “why does he yet find fault for who has resisted his will“, and you would not be the first to ask such a question;
Paul did indeed ask it as a logical rhetorical question when presenting the reality of every day being God governed;
Romans 9:19–24
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
God is indeed the potter and we are indeed the clay, and yet the question remains as to accountability.
Paul answered the question but not to the satisfaction of our limited minds.
We read the book of Job and often state that it answers the question related to “why do the righteous suffer” but does it?
Job himself asks Job 31:35
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Look and see how God answers him, first by Elihu through the next SIX Chapters; and then GOD directly from chapter 38;
Turn for a moment to Job 38
Job 38:1–7
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
No answer but that of pressing humility, is given.
“You are the creature, I am the creator”
Isaiah 55:9
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
In Romans 9, Paul testifies that the scriptures teach BOTH, both of mans perfect accountability AND God’s perfect governance over the day and events of the day.
It is not a contradiction but a paradox. We have no hope of understanding it this side of eternity, and YET we know it works.
This is not unusual even in the realms of science.
We are here speaking of the SPIRITUAL WORLD, and yet there are certain things even in the PHYSICAL WORLD that work with almost perfect predictability and yet should not work.
Schrödinger’s cat was an illustration presented 1935 by Erwin Schrödinger, as a thought experiment to illustrate the absurdity of quantum mechanics.
It was the aspect of what is known in quantum mechanics as superposition, how particles can exist in simultaneous, but OPPOSITE states.
He postulated the idea of a hypothetical cat in a sealed box being simultaneously alive and dead until observed. It acted as a metaphor for quantum particles existing in multiple, simultaneous states.
It became known as the QUANTUM PARADOX, not “contradiction”, why. Because BOTH are true, but not understood.
Likewise, In 1921 Albert Einstien was awarded the Nobel Prise in Physics for his discovery that light was a particle.
In 1929 Louis de Broglie was awarded the Nobel Prise in Physics for his discovery that light was a wave.
In every sense, this is a complete physical contradiction, and yet we cannot have light in another other way.
So too it is with many things that we do in a world that God governs and man wills his own work.
- Rewards cannot be rightly given if man is not free to act on his will.
- Judgment cannot be rightly judged if man cannot receive the wages of his sin.
Beloved, we cannot even PRAY if BOTH God is in control and WE Have free will.
Think on this for a moment.
If God was not in control of the lives of any single individual, if man was 100% sovereign and God can have no influence, praying that he might intervene in the free will of your mother, your son, daughter, wife etc, is useless.
Prayer for anything becomes useless having a God with no controlling influence.
Consider the converse for a moment.
If God was 100% in control and man had no free will whatever, why should we pray?
If man has no free will at all, God will either direct them to Christ or he will not. God will either deliver you from trouble or he will not and praying to him becomes an act of vanity at best.
If, in the end, man will find himself in either heaven or hell for all eternity never having chosen either destination, what does that then say about the nature of God?
When man becomes mere puppets in a play God employs to amuse himself, life itself becomes vain.
No, God governs the day and we have opportunity each and every day for JOY IN THE MORNING.
Isaiah 46:9–11
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
The Day Is God Governed.
You and I have a responsibility.
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day Is The Lords
Psalm 118:21–24
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. 23 This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
It might be a car park that the Lord has opened immediately near the area in which you must go.
It may be trouble that has come on the way and you have been hit with many volleys from many different people and from all angles.
It may be an unexpected opportunity that perfectly fits with the preparation in which you have prepared yourself, whether that be a job opportunity or a relationship opportunity.
This, and so much more, is to be interpreted as THE DAY WHICH THE LORD HAS MADE; WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
When we rest in the LORD and trust in the day he has made, no matter what it contains, we can rejoice even in tribulations.
Turn to;
James 1:2–4
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
The interpretation of events that occur to us is vitally important.
- Are the positive occurrences happening because of my faithfulness to the Lord?
- Is it his grace?
- Is it a test, a trial to try me, to see if it is received in humility and I be found faithful?
- Are the negative occurrences happening because of my UNfaithfulness to the Lord? Is it God getting my attention for error in my life? Or is it the promise of persecution to “all who will live godly in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim 3:12).
The first Psalm lays out for us a choice, a conscious choice that meets together with actual consequences.
It is the first Psalm and it ought to certainly be the very first Psalm for it tests the waters of you life the moment you enter into the wonderful book.
Turn to
Psalm 1:1–6
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The passage in the first Psalm is largely relational.
The first verse is the conscious decision to separate from the ungodly, that is, they who will not take pleasure in that which the SECOND verse speaks to.
Those who simply do not delight themselves in the law of the LORD are they who chooseto walk in the counsel of the ungodly. They who associate with the ungodly become as the ungodly.
The passage is relational. It testifies to the fruit that comes to those who choose.
They who “delight in the law of the LORD….shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his friut in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper“
But they who would not, they who say to the Lord “Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways” (Job 21:14), these “are like the chaff which the wind driveth away“
Closing
Joy will come in the Morning, such is a statement of fact in the scriptures, the END will work out for the GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, irespective of how we somtimes feel about it from day to day.
The question for you is WILL YOU BELIEVE IT?
WILL YOU LIVE BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT?
Will you be willing to TRUST IN THE WORDS OF THE ONE WHO CANNOT LIE, the CREATOR? Or will you trust in yourself, the creature?
Humility rests in his words, PRIDE is anxious for every day.
THE DAY IS THE LORDS;
PS 118:24
24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Thank God for the Fleas
In her book The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom tells of a time she discovered that God was working even in the most horrific circumstances.
Corrie and her sister Betsie had been imprisoned by the Nazis for hiding Jews behind the wall of their Holland home.
Corrie writes:
“Barracks 8 was in the quarantine compound. Next to us–perhaps as a deliberate warning to newcomers–were located the punishment barracks. From there, all day long and often into the night, came the sounds of hell itself. They were not the sounds of anger, or of any human emotion, but of a cruelty altogether detached: blows landing in regular rhythm, screams keeping pace. We would stand in our ten-deep ranks with our hands trembling at our sides, longing to jam them against our ears, to make the sounds stop.
“It grew harder and harder. Even within these four walls there was too much misery, too much seemingly pointless suffering. Every day something else failed to make sense, something else grew too heavy.”
Yet, in the midst of the suffering, the women prisoners around Corrie and Betsie found comfort in the little Bible studies they held in the barracks. Corrie writes they gathered around the Bible “like waifs clustered around a blazing fire…The blacker the night around us grew, the brighter and truer and more beautiful burned the Word of God.”
When they were moved to Barracks 28, Corrie was horrified by the fact that their reeking, straw-bed platforms swarmed with fleas. How could they live in such a place?
It was Betsie who discovered God’s answer:
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
“That’s it, Corrie! That’s His answer. “IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS” That’s what we can do. We can start right now to thank God for every single thing about this new barracks!’
“I stared at her; then around me at the dark, foul-aired room…”
They thanked God for the fact they were together. They thanked God they had a Bible. They even thanked God for the horrible crowds of prisoners, that more people would be able to hear God’s Word. And then, Betsie thanked God for the fleas.
“The fleas! This was too much. ‘Betsie, there’s no way even God can make me grateful for a flea.’
“‘”IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS”‘ she quoted. ‘It doesn’t say, “in pleasant circumstances.” Fleas are part of this place where God has put us.’
“And so we stood between tiers of bunks and gave thanks for fleas. But this time I was sure Betsie was wrong.”[1]
Betsie was right.
The women started to notice that the guards were staying away from their barracks, giving them hours of alone time after their workday. This gave the sisters the freedom to lead worship services for the other prisoners using a Bible they had smuggled into camp. They read Scripture together and prayed, and some of the prisoners even came to believe in Christ as a result.[2]
It was only later revealed by the guards themselves that they deliberately WOULD NOT enter Barracks 28 because of the fleas.
The year before you beloved is decisive.
It is one of choice, and every day before you will provide to you the same choice,
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.
In his favour is LIFE, you may find yourself weeping, even for your own errors, and yet “in his favour is life, weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning“
Let this year be one where the ONE thing you determine to change will be to TRULY GET TO KNOW your Saviour.
That you would pick up and read, pick up and read, pick up and read, and PRAY, PRAY, PRAY each day.
That you may KNOW (not think, not guess, not surmise, not feel…but KNOW)
joy comes in the morning.
Learn the truth that..
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day Begins Anew
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day Contains Eternity
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day IS God Governed
Joy Comes In The Morning Because The Day Is The Lords
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