Mourning Into Dancing

“You have turning my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness“ -Psalm 30:11

This Psalm is such a beautiful promise for us. You may already have seen this verse in action in your life.

I have seen God turn my mourning into dancing. Throughout my life, I have had more than a few tragedies play out and I have also seen the most unexpected miracles.

God turns sorrows into joy

When David wrote Psalm 39 he had been going through a painful time. He had Ben weeping and crying out to God for mercy. God heard his prayers and turned David’s garment of sorrow and exchanged it for clothes of joy.

The joy that David experienced was the joy of a righteous God walking with him during and after his trial.

David had many problems with sin and enemies. He had times of distress and discouragement and he had times of sickness. Sometimes his burdens were so heavy that he cried through the night. David tells us in Psalm 30:7 that God hid His face from him for a time but then David sought God’s mercy and God exchanged his mourning for joy.

Turning mourning into dancing

God has the power to turn your mourning into dancing. He yearns to see you have the joy He has promised us. He wants to give you beauty for your ashes.

But in order to do this He needs us to trust Him with our circumstances and pain.

He needs us to have expectant faith that He can change our circumstances. I will be the first one to tell you that it’s not easy. When you’ve been hurt so many times and you feel like you can not trust anyone. It’s lonely and sad. But God is not like man, He keeps His promises and our secrets.

While you are waiting for things to change, do what David did. David sang and danced. When we do this you will find joy rushing in as you. do because you will be reminded that God is the God of the impossible. He alone has the power to cause transformation in your life.

God can change everything when you commit your situation to Him. You will find the strength to trust God with all your concerns – no matter how hopeless it seems.

“We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them“ -Romans 8:28