Psalm 30

A Psalm. A Song at the dedication of the house of David.

1 I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. 3 O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.[a] 4 Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.[b] 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. 6 Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.” 7 LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. 8 I cried out to You, O LORD; And to the LORD I made supplication: 9 “What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper!” 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

This morning I felt a desire in my heart to learn about the Favor of God. I briefly heard it mentioned on one of the Christian TV shows I was watching and I heard the voice of the Lord say He wanted to teach me about the favor of God. So I began my Lesson in The School of the Spirit.

Grace: We walk in Grace, we live by Faith. We have heard that Grace is the unmerited Favor of God. But I wanted to go further and research this “FAVOR” and see really what it means.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning (Verse 5)

I want to concentrate on the Word Favor in this verse. The Hebrew word is RATSOWN. It means the Goodwill, pleasure, desire, acceptance and delight. In this verse it refers to Our Father. The RATSOWN of God in our lives is for our LIFE. Don’t let it be confused. In this scripture “for life” is not referring to “for the rest of your life” it is referring to action, LIVING, rejuvenation, renewal, revival, maintenance and sustenance!! When the Ratsown of God is exalted in our LIFE it is for our action, LIVING, rejuvenation, renewal, revival, maintenance and sustenance!! David, the Psalmist, goes on to sing that weeping may endure for a night but Joy comes in the morning. We will not all always have joyful times in our lives, but we must learn to call out to God for the RATSOWN of God to manifest itself in our lives so then Joy will come in the morning! Darkness is in the night. Darkness brings confusion. But when the Morning of God’s love ascends, when the daylight breaks and we can clearly see again then that is the time that Joy comes! Rejoicing in the fact that His will has been accomplished in our lives and that our enemy has been vanquished! Morning is when we can see clearly, no more stumbling in the darkness!

Verse 8 says that David cried out to the Lord. Translating this from the Hebrew it goes on to say that from the Lord he sought FAVOR.

Verse 10 reads that David asked God again to hear him and show FAVOR! He asked God to help him, to be his “helper” The Hebrew translates this as support. David was in essence asking God to support him, uphold, to cause an interest to his cause, to defend him. He wanted God to be his foundational prop and to keep him from losing courage!

PRAYER: Father, Let your sun rise on my night of weeping and mourning. Let the light of your love clear away every dark corner and let all things be manifest. Let there be no more darkness in my life, but Father allow the light of your Love to light every dark corner in my life. Let your Favor, your RATSOWN surround me for LIFE. Allow your goodwill, pleasure and delight be and abide and exist in my life, allow me to LIVE. Father, sustain me, revive me and renew me according to your Goodwill. Be my helper Lord! Defend me in your righteousness.