20 Jun Joy-Lets (Discovering Five Sources of Joy from God’s “Throne Room”) PART: 2
The Bible tells us:
1. “This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Ps. 118:24)
Notice the little word “will.” That tells us something very important. It is a choice to
rejoice! One of the greatest truths you can ever learn as a Christian is that you are not a
slave to your feelings! Let feelings in your car, but never let them in the driver’s seat!
Feelings are meant to be felt…but they are not meant to be followed!
2. “Rejoice in the Lord and again, I say rejoice.” (Phil. 4:4)
Notice that our joy is IN THE LORD. Not in our circumstances, not in other people.
Why…because our circumstances change, people change…Jesus doesn’t! (See Heb. 13:8)
Never place the reigns of your emotional well-being in the hands of anything or
anyone…other than Jesus!
Notice that this verse also says, “…again I say rejoice.” There are times when we choose
joy and then have to remind ourselves again to rejoice! Notice also we choose joy by
“saying” it!
3. “Rejoice evermore.” (I Thess. 5:16)
This little verse is power packed with revelation. The Greek word “evermore” literally
means “from this time on” or “from this point on.” I love this little verse because it
reminds us to choose joy from this time on or from this point on. It always updates
itself! Meaning, you could have had an awful last year but from this point on…rejoice!
You could have had an awful last month, but from this point on…rejoice! You could
have had an awful last week, but from this point on…rejoice! You could have had an
awful last day, but from this point on…rejoice!
You see, it always updates itself and will allow you to keep your life constructive.
Remember this: You can’t live your life from “there.” You can only live your life from
“here”!
Last week we began our series, over the next few weeks I will be sharing
-“5 Supernatural Sources of Joy”:
Today we begin with…
1. The Word (John 15:11)
“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy
may be full.” The Greek word translated “joy” is “chara,” which means “to be glad or
cheerful.” The Greek word translated “remain” is the word “meno,” which means “to
abide or dwell.” The Greek word translated “full” is “pleros,” which means “to level up
something that is hollow” or “to be crammed full.”
Now this powerful source of joy does not simply come from casually reading the Word.
It comes only through biblical meditation (see Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:3). When we
meditate on the Word it means that we think about it, dwell on it, chew on it and
speak it to ourselves.
Remember this: Meditation leads to revelation. Revelation leads to
manifestation. Remember this also: Look it up. Let it in. Live it out!
Join us next week as we continue our series.