Believe, Rejoice & Have Joy Now!

Monday's Devotion (3-8-04)

"But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield." Psalm 5:11-12 (KJV)

Those who trust in the Lord, will rejoice and be joyful. Of course there will be times, when things aren't going so well, but if we continue to trust in the Lord, those times will pass and we will have joy and we will rejoice! It is a very trying time for a lot of followers of Christ, but that doesn't mean we should give up hope. What that means, is we need to put our hope in God. We need to trust the Lord, more than ever and pray and believe that we will receive. I have a problem with believing for certain things. I will believe for a day or even less for my break through and then I will get discouraged when they do not come right away. Once I get discouraged, I start doubting and when I start doubting that moves my break through further away from me. When I doubt, I do not have joy. What joy is there in fear? When I doubt, I have fear and I can't rejoice in fear. If we believe and do not doubt, we can boldly ask of God and receive of God! We can walk in faith and not in fear. Once we walk in faith, we will be able to have joy and we will be able to rejoice, even through the toughest times. How can we rejoice, if we do not believe we have something to rejoice over? I guess if we believed for our break through, we would be rejoicing early! If you have a terminal illness or something else is going on and you say, "I will be healed!" then are you rejoicing, do you have joy or are you waiting for your break through to come first? Praise God, for your miracle right now! Praise God, for the break through, you have not yet received! You might not have your break through yet, but it is waiting for you! The answer to your problem awaits you, but you have to trust Him! The answer to all your problems, is the Lord! Thank Him now, praise Him now, be joyful and rejoice now! Do not wait for your problems to be solved, before you rejoice, rejoice as if your problem is already taken care of! Because if you have faith in God, then your problem is taken care of! There is a song by the late Keith Green, called, "He'll Take Care Of The Rest!" It talks about how Noah, with faith began building the ark and there was never a rainy day yet, so people laughed at Noah. They thought he was crazy, but Noah with faith built the ark. The others didn't believe, but Noah, did and he survived the flood! Noah, believed that God, was going to come through with His Word, so Noah, did build the ark. Noah, didn't wait to see evidence of the flood to start building. What are you waiting for? Believe, rejoice and have joy now!

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Thank you, for the break through that you will give each and every one of us, in due time. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive those who've wronged us. Please bring us closer to you. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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