The Path of Resurrection Life

Most of what you read about pleasure in Scripture contrasts it with the sober, righteous, and godly life to which we Christ-followers are called. But here, Ps 16 specifically says "You want pleasure, real pleasure? Then go to heaven, for the pleasures at God's right hand are unending." Of course, as we will see, though that is the promise with which this psalm ends, it is far from the only lesson that the King teaches us in this beautiful song of his. The King confesses where his delight is: in his church family, the saints in the land. He speaks of Yahweh as his inheritance, and he speaks of settling down in safety because God will show the path of life. As one of the commentators pointed out, in every line this psalm proclaims the sufficiency of Yahweh. He is enough, for He is our inheritance and He will overcome death.