Psalm 45:7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you
with the oil of joy.
We read earlier that at his right hand we have eternal
pleasures – a place of honor. This verse
also again talks of honor associated with joy, where God sets us up above our companions (i think this is sorrow and sighing) and anoints
us.
I love the fact that the joy God gives us is something He
delights to give. It pleases Him to set
us in His presence, beside Him, anointed by Him.
When we love His ways and hate what is
evil, God himself sets us up and pours joy all over us. Then our earthly companions of sorrow and sighing "flee away."
Joy isn’t something we can work up or achieve. It simply is poured out over us like warm
oil, just from loving Him.
Ask God to anoint you with joy.
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