"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because You will not abandon me to the grave, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand." Psalms 16:9-11 (NIV)
After beginning this psalm with a one line prayer, King David goes on to recount how The Lord has blessed him, and then he restates his commitment to The Lord. Then he states how glad he is that The Lord has kept him, shown him the right path to take, and filled him with joy.
We can learn a lot from David. The first thing that we should learn is that a prayer does not have to be lengthy in order to be effective. (Psalms 16:1) Maybe if we prayed more often, then our prayers would not have to be so long. The second thing we can learn is to praise The Lord
more often for the good things that He has done for us and for others. (Psalms 16:2-3) We need to be grateful for what we have already been blessed to receive. (Psalms 16:5-6) Then we need to listen to, and obey the counsel and instruction of The Lord, and we should always keep The Word of God before us. (Psalms 16:7-8) God has blessed us, and we should be glad. (Psalms 16:9) He has shown us the right path to take, and His Word is the light unto the right pathway. (Psalms 16:11 and Psalms 119:105) The joy that He has given to us, cannot be taken from us. (John 17:13) He is always with us, and in His presence there is complete joy. (Psalms 16:11)
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