In Your Presence There Is Fullness of Joy

Bible Text : Psalm 16

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 

2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. 

4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. 

5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. 

6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 

7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. 

8 I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 

10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let Your holy one see corruption. 

11 You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

"When the heart is full of joy, it always allows its joy to escape. It is like the fountain in the marketplace; whenever it is full it runs away in streams, and so soon as it ceases to overflow, you may be quite sure that it has ceased to be full. The only full heart is the overflowing heart."                            

                                                                                                  - Charles H Spurgeon