“Restore the joy of your salvation to me…. Then I will teach the rebellious your ways.” (vv. 12-13).

Too many of us want to be saved, but not changed.

Too many of us have desired forgiveness, but not purpose.

Too many of us have made a confession without making a commitment.

But David’s plea in Psalm 51 ought to be our prayer. We ought to desire a salvation that doesn’t merely save us from something, but saves us for something.

So what are the right results of a salvation that is rightly received?

Worship.

And witness.

A saved people ought to be a singing people, magnifying the name of the One True God in worship and praise and offering. And a saved people ought to be a sharing people, telling others of the free gift that rescued you and would rescue them, by grace.

Salvation should spur us to worship and to witness. There’s no way you can receive God’s everything…and do nothing.

— Tyler