The Warm Fuzzy Feeling

Restore the joy of Your salvation to me,
and give me a willing spirit
-Psalm 51:12 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Do you remember that feeling you had the day you gave your life to Jesus, and received forgiveness for your life of sin? It was kind of like that "new car feeling," wasn't it? Everything felt new, and you basked in the fact that your eternity is secure. But then something happened. You returned home, to work, to school, and that warm fuzzy feeling melted away. Suddenly you were faced with things that sent your new found faith to the back of your mind. You faced trials that seemed like God had abandoned you. You began to question the decision to follow this Jesus. Maybe this "Christianity" is overrated.

If you are honest with yourself, thoughts like these have entered your mind. While our eternity is indeed secure, we must still live in this present, sin fallen world. In Psalm 51, David is praying about restoration. Sin had, once again, stained his life, and he needed to get things right with God. A problem that you and I face is one that, when we sin, we tend to wallow in our sin. We allow it a period to keep us down. We feel that we have failed God, again, and that He will surely reject us this time. Nothing is further than the truth. God wants to forgive you. But do you want to be forgiven? 

David prays, "Restore the joy of Your salvation to me, and give me a willing heart." His prayer is 2 part. 1-restore Your joy. 2-help me be willing to follow you. Is this your desire? Think About It.