May 15
"The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10
The Lord desires that you be light in spirit. How do we know? Because His Word that cannot fail and cannot lie tells us that in His joy, we discover our profoundest strength. We may wrestle with the pronouncement of joy that is over us and our circumstances which can rob us of our joy. How can we reconcile the two? How can we appropriate joy and strength when our circumstances are often sorrowing and weakening? We can if we actually believe Romans 8:28 which says, "All things work together for good to those who love the Lord, to they who are the called, according to His purpose."
I pray that every aspect of your life will be under the blood of Jesus--that you and your family and your ministry and your business associations will be not only guarded and guided by His loving hand but that you will be under His continual transforming of your 'self' into an ever-more beautiful reflection of Him...that who you are will be swallowed up in who Jesus is so that His kindness, His forgiveness, His truth, His love will pervade all that you are and all that you do. When you allow Him to perform that work in you, discovering His joy in every situation will flow from that decision.
My thanks is lifted to the Lord Jesus for every good thing He is accomplishing in you, through you, and in your behalf. I know that life is difficult. I know the economies of the nations of the world are strained to the breaking point. I know that people’s hearts are “failing them for fear because of the things that are coming upon the earth,” Luke 21:26; but I also know that the joy of the Lord is not contingent upon these things. The joy of the Lord comes because we trust Him—because YOU trust Him—in spite of all these things.
May the JOY OF THE LORD FOREVER BE YOUR STRENGTH!
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