Blessed In His Presence_Psalms

BLESSED IN HIS PRESENCE

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence. --PSALM 89:15

The joyful sound? The sound of the sanctuary trumpets being blown in the sanctuary, perhaps for the Day of Atonement, as seen in Leviticus 25:9 "Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land."

Foreshadowing Christ's atoning work on the cross, the Day of Atonement was instituted by God to the Israelites, His chosen people. Today that day is known as Yom Kippur. The sacrifices made on this day were only temporary. But the sacrifice Christ made for all is permanent. Hebrews 9:13-14 "For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"

To know this is to know the joyful sound, to make the joyful sound. For our God is with us at all times, encouraging us to seek His face, His Word, His voice. He woos us through the Word and into His presence. The light of His presence is Himself. As Jesus stated, "I am the Light of the world" in John 8:12, "he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." But what is life? John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him, 'I am the way, the truth and the Life: no man comes unto the Father, but by Me."

Blessed am I, for I know the joyful sound, I walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.