Last week's message spoke of the great sense of anxiousness in the world today, it also spoke of our position of safety and peace in Christ. Not only is this true for the Believer, but in Christ we have gladness and joy.

1 Chronicles 16:7-36 is a Psalm of thanksgiving sung before the Lord when the Ark of God was placed inside the tent in the city of David. Verse 10b says, "...Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad." 1 Chronicles 16:10b

Let's look at some other translations of this part of this verse:
"...And rejoice, hearts that look for the Lord." Berkeley Version of the NT "...Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh." The Emphasized NT "...Let every heart that longs for the Lord rejoice." The Knox NT Translation "...Let those who seek the Lord be joyful in heart." New English Bible NT

A glad heart is one filled with joy. Webster defines joy as, "the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying...a source or cause of keen pleasure and delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated."
As we seek and come to know our Lord in a greater measure we can not but have joyful hearts.

Jesus said in John 15:11,
"These things I have spoken unto you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may e made full."

1 Peter 1:8 says,
"Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with a joy unspeakable and full of glory."

1 John 1:4 says,
"And these things we write unto you, so that your joy may be full."

To seek out "these thing" is to seek the things of the Lord. The Psalmist says in Psalm 63:1, "O God. Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, In a dry and weary land where there is not water."

Praise our Mighty Lord and Savior! For He tells us, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." Matthew 5:6

The first part of 1 Chronicles 16:10 says, "Glory in His holy name..."
This is a Name that is above all names. This is The Name to be reverenced above all through eternity. At this Name every knee shall bow! We who know the Lord rejoice now and gladly bow our knees before Him. Sovereign is our God!

"Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad."
Amen