Cheerful Holiness

Spurgeon, as always, continues to amaze me with his words. In today's morning reading (which can be found here), in speaking about Psalm 92:4 he says:

Cheerful holiness is the most forcible of sermons, but the Lord must give it you.

We all acknowledge that the Lord must even give us the faith and grace to continue in this life, but look at the type of holiness that Spurgeon speaks of here. A cheerful holiness--not a prideful, boastful, solemn or dutiful holiness, but a cheerful one--makes the greatest testimony to the work that God has done in you.

Why? Because through your words and actions you display your gratefulness to God for the salvation He has given you. Your sanctification should be permeated by a thankfulness to the God of all things--this is why an overemphasis with what a man has done in the salvation he has attained through Christ (that man came to Christ on his own, etc. without any effectual drawing) can overshadow or deflect such gratefulness (in my opinion) and make the focus of their sanctification wholly one of duty rather than one of cheerfulness and thankfulness.

Glorify God in your sanctification, never forgetting that Christ has died for you--love others and express to others the love you have been shown!