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So often I think . . . or rather I should say I act as if praising the Lord, finding true joy in being a child of God is linked to whatever good thing is happening in my life. Are my bills paid, do I have lots of friends, do I have a boyfriend? This verse reminds me that no matter the status of my
401K or whether I have a million friends or a fabulous boyfriend or enough money to buy a car, EVEN IF EVERYTHING I TRY FAILS I WILL STILL REJOICE IN THE LORD. The Lord who woke me up this morning, the Lord who kept me safe throughout the night, the Lord who loves me and sent His son to die for me even though I certainly am not deserving--He is my joy. And I want this to be true for me. I want to remember this every day and live it every day. Because it's so easy to let something that I THINK I deserve get me down that I forget to simply praise, to simply rejoice, to simply be content no matter the circumstance. So I'm going to pray for this ability--the ability to rejoice at all times no matter what--the ability to be different because I belong to God. Maybe my best way to witness is the let others see that I do rejoice in the Lord even if all else seems wrong. This is what I want for my myself.
3:17 Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, 3:18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. |
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