“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.”
(Psalm 51:12-13)
Do you remember the joy that was yours right after you received Christ into your life? You could sing with the children, “I have the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.” But something happened to steal your joy. Perhaps it was a sin like David’s. Maybe you gradually stopped assembling with other believers and your soul was not being fed. It could be that you stopped reading your Bible and talking with God in prayer. Whatever the cause of losing the joy you want it back. There can never be Godly joy in a disobedient child of God.
It was only after King David had laid his confession before the Lord, asked for mercy and appealed for his sins to be purged and cleansed by the blood that he could expect salvation’s joy to be restored.
Notice that David did not ask for his salvation to be restored. Rather, he asked for salvation’s “joy” to be restored. He had not lost his salvation, just the joy.
Finally, only after salvation’s joy is restored can we also be useful servants of the Lord again. It was then, David acknowledged, that he would teach transgressors God’s way and sinners would be converted.
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