A Rejoicing Lifestyle

Text: Philippians 4:4, 6(KJV)

4- Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say Rejoice.

6- Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

I want to share a testimony of a sister, who always had an unacceptable facial expression (she always had a frown on her face). This facial expression causes her to not be married, because it chased all the men in her life away, but as God would have it, she heard a message about rejoicing in the Lord and this message led to her changing her attitude and facial expression, and finally God remembered her and favoured her with a husband at her late age.

In times like this, people tend to find it much easier to grumble, complain, and worry all on a daily basis, but it is not meant to be like that. We are meant to be thankful and rejoice about life; this is mostly because we are alive. It is always said, “If you cannot think, you cannot thank”. We are meant to have our hearts fixed on God, and by doing this, we learn to count our blessings one by one and not generalizing them like we always do. If you think it is difficult to do, stop for a second to think about the great works God has done in your life, like you are alive to read this blog, you are with your family, you are in your house or at your workplace and not in the hospital, and if you are in the hospital, you have eyes to read this blog. You also have food to eat, and if you do not have food, you have someone who God has sent to feed you today. We should always be grateful and rejoice because that is all God wants from us. Philippians 3:1- Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. Let us remember to be glad continually, and by doing this, it becomes a lifestyle.

This attitude of rejoicing is a precious gift that God has given to us, so we should not shut that door in our lives, but instead embrace it. So many things have happened without our knowledge, it all happened behind the scene, but we should be happy and rejoice in Him because He intentionally hid all of those things from us. If we take a moment to think about the mind-blowing things He has done for us, we will rejoice even more. The amazing part is no matter the things that are not working; there are still quite a number of them He has perfected, so we should be sincere with thanksgiving because He has brought us this far. Romans 12:12- Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayers. Again, it says in  1Thessalonians 5:16- Rejoice evermore. And also in 1Thessalonians 5:18- In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Also remember, God’s presence around you does not mean you will never weep; it means you will never weep alone because he is in that matter, so rejoice my brothers and sisters. GRUMBLE NO MORE BUT REJOICE ALWAYS TO ATTRACT GOOD.

PRAYER POINTS:

1. Oh Lord, may I be addicted to Joy and rejoicing to the point that it becomes a lifestyle, in Jesus name.

2.Help me Lord to obey this command of rejoicing, so that it flows to those around me, in Jesus name.

ACTION QUOTE: Can you see those little miracles around? If yes, then rejoice and if no, still rejoice.