December 19 - We rejoice

December 19 – We rejoice

Hello everybody,
How are you doing on this day? I hope well. I am fine, in school and counting down days to go home. Now from Philippians, we see in chapter 3v1 where Paul says to the Philippians:
“FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord…”

Rejoicing in the Lord may not always seem easy especially when things are not going well. It could be you are walking in the bitingly freezing cold, with no gloves and carrying a shopping bag in hand, while your teeth are chattering- it may really be hard to shout halleluyah. Yet we ought to rejoice:

“Rejoice evermore.” 1 Thessalonians 5v16

One can ask why rejoice? No use sulking when you know that your redeemer liveth, when you know that weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning, when you know that if God be for you, who can be against you? No use, no use. And besides we rejoice because we hope in the salvation of the Lord, and in His goodness. One song I listened to recently, had the introduction that we praise God because He has been too good for us not to, and it mentioned something about do we think God does not care when we do not?

Have a glorious day.

Verse for thought:
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” 1 Peter 4 v 12&13