Good Morning,
This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalms 118:24) I have made a quality decision to be glad in everyday that the good Lord gives me to live in. How about you? It is a choice that we make, and then make our body and soul obey, by just living the most of that day in and for God. I know that all of us have experienced some difficult and hard to bear trials, but it is our choice how we go through. When I hear some of the tough trials that other people share with me, I know that they think that their trials are unusual and strange, and that nobody has ever gone through anything similar. Usually I think to myself, how I have been through some of, or close to the same trials. You know the Word says that, "there has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man." (I Corin.10:13) So, every day we come closer to the good end that the Lord declares He is bringing us to. I like that word will, it means to choose to; to be inclined to; to elect and desire; to decide in the mind that something shall be done; implying power to carry the purpose into effect; once decided then embraced and pursued to the desired end. In other words we can decide to rejoice everyday and then pursue that course all the way until we are walking in what we have willed. Listen to Habakkuk 3:17-18; "Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, though the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the victorious God of my salvation." Here the prophet is declaring that no matter what he sees, no matter what trials, tests or tribulations that he may go through, he will rejoice in the Lord. Grant it, he is not rejoicing in the problems, he is looking past those temporary problems, and keeping his eyes on the Lord, Who he can rejoice in at all times. A lesson that we all need to take to heart. Remember the Word says, "While we look not at the things (troubles, tests, trials, tribulations, etc.) which are seen, but at the things (the promises of the Word) which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." (II Corin. 4:18) So when we choose to rejoice in the midst of these "light afflictions which is but for a moment, that is working for us a far more exceeding weight of glory," we become people whose 'will' to rejoice is steady and stable. (II Corin. 4:17) Then let us rejoice; be triumphant and jump for joy, let's be happy and in high spirits and celebrate the Lord and what He is working out for us and in us. We will join the prophets and we will 'yet' (nevertheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of and nonetheless) rejoice in Him.
So you see, this is the day that the Lord has made. Everyday is the day that walks you right into your destiny, no matter what it looks like or how it feels, God has planned your steps to get you where you need to be. Keep looking to the good plan that God has for you, and you will rejoice in everyday that God gives. He cannot lie!
"I will rejoice"
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 