God Takes Pleasure in His People!

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.
Psalm 149:4

It still amazes me when I stop to consider how much God cares for His own. As I read this passage this morning, I could not help but think of myself as a leprous wretch and how God in His glorious mercy comes in and makes us beautiful. And all the while, He takes pleasure in the work. I know for me, I would shy away from such filthy work. I would not want to work in the cesspool of wickedness if I were pure ... I would not want to get my hands dirty. Yet God comes down and cleanses us, makes us pure and sanctifies our heart.