“I’ll be glad when this election is over!”  How many times have you heard (or said) that lately?  I know I have.  Maybe all the controversy that surrounds this election has worked on you, gotten you down.  Maybe it’s not the election; it’s something else.  Something a little closer to home.  Health.  Finances.  Relationships.  Perhaps a succession of bad news, bad days or bad choices.  And the only way the word “glad” has been used about you is what I said back in the first sentence.  “I’ll be glad when this __________ is over” (you fill in the blank).  “Glad” in that context really just means “relieved,” doesn’t it?  That’s entirely different from the way King David used that word in today’s verse.  Take a look at what he says about his Lord and “the king” in Psalm 21:6.  “For Thou hast made him most blessed for ever: Thou hast made him exceeding glad with Thy countenance.”  The “glad” that David speaks of here is a strong feeling of glee, mirth, pleasure and rejoicing.  Way beyond just being relieved.  Now David had his share of problems, too.  Just read some of his other Psalms.  Heartache, enemies, betrayal and even sin, among other things.  So what could give him that kind of “exceeding glad”?  Simple – “Thy countenance.”  A gaze fixed on the face of his God, smiling on David with grace, favor, forgiveness and hope that melted away the despair, fear, guilt and pain.  Mr. Spurgeon speaks of this as “the purest stream to drink of….  Its source is divine.  Its continuance is eternal.  Its degree exceeding all bounds…how ought we to seek it, and how careful should we be lest we should provoke him by our sins to hide his face from us!”  So what are you facing today?  Make sure it’s His countenance!  Don’t be content with just being relieved; be truly glad!