37/Psalm 51
there seems to have come a coldness between you and the Lord. It could well be that sin has separated you and your God. The heart that seems weighed down, the body which feels at times physically crushed, can be made to experience joy and gladness once again. Why ought it to be as David has suggested here, that we should be made to hear joy and gladness? Let me underscore the word made. Actually, these are the two things, joy and gladness, that all individuals most definitely want. We might use our more common synonyms of contentment and satisfaction. This is what the Psalmist is talking about. Well, very simply, the problem is because of the sinfulness of the flesh. We so often long after the things of the devil and the things of this world. In this way we lose sight of the fact that the only way we can find joy and satisfaction in this life is through the power and the presence of God's Holy Spirit. You remember, recorded earlier in this book, David had written that God, as the Good Shepherd, actually made him to lie down in green pastures. Here again one would ask the question, "Why would God have to make us to lie down in those fields for which the sheep are constantly searching?" The reason is that so often we go off on our own, trying to find that which satisfies, not realizing that there is absolutely nothing in this world that can completely and entirely satisfy apart from a knowledge and a right relationship as believers with the Lord Jesus Christ. Are We Deaf To God's Voice? I'm sure you've read ecology reports in newspapers and magazines on how this world is constantly being surfeited with an over-abundance of noise. As a matter of fact, sounds have increased to such a tremendous pitch of ascending decibels that our young people are actually going deaf far earlier than their time. Many predictions have been made that by the time most young people reach 40 years of age they'll
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