Psalm 68:3-4 But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord - rejoice in his presence!
These verses repeatedly say “let…” which implies something is trying to stop God’s people from doing something. “Let them rejoice, let them be glad, …” There will always be reasons for us to grumble and those things don’t ‘let’ us rejoice when we give them more thought than the good things. The more we grumble the more our joy seeps away.
It’s OK to give yourself permission to rejoice, to be glad, to be filled with joy. Even if things are going pear shaped in our lives scripture tells us to rejoice anyway! Why is that? It’s because we’re proving to the enemy that we believe God is a good God, that He will bring us up and out of everything the enemy tries to bring against us. It’s because praise and joy actually defeat the enemy so he doesn’t want us to do it!
God wants his people to be filled with His joy, notice it’s not a little bit - but filled! He wants us to sing praises because we’re trusting Him to supply all we need in every area of life. If we didn’t have God in our lives then we’d have every reason to be miserable, but we do have God in our lives! He’s for us and not against us. He loves us and goes ahead of us and makes our crooked paths straight. He puts His hand of blessing on our heads so we’re blessed going out and blessed coming in. He has given us so much to be joyful about.😊
So let’s get our week off to a good start with joy! Let’s be glad in the fact that God is going with us all the time which is a wonderful thought. We’re surrounded by angels, upheld by the Almighty Himself. If we keep thinking like that we’ll have a big smile on our faces and even if things are tough, down inside we’ll find His joy bubbling up anyway - if we’ll let it. I hope your face is smiling already.😊
Philippians 4:4 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again - rejoice!
Have a joyful, rejoicing week.x
In Everything Give Thanks..for this is the Will of God..and when you have Done the Will of God.. That which was Promised Shall Appear..Yay!!!
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