Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Let’s take a look at Philippians 4:4 in the Message Bible. “Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him!” How can I celebrate or rejoice when life is not going my way? When life has thrown me a curve ball? When my spouse asks for a divorce, my child just died, I lost my job or any other number of catastrophes? Are the words you are looking for in these sentences how can I or why should I?
Take a moment and really think about what your motive behind not rejoicing is when life just sucks. Are you really struggling to a way to rejoice or are you so angry at God, that you don’t want to rejoice? I am going to let you in on a secret, it is OK to feel both for a moment. They are honest feelings. It is what you do with those feelings that counts.
God has big shoulders. You can be honest with Him and be angry. He will listen. You can also feel drained and overwhelmed. He will listen to that too. Just the fact that you are talking to Him is a form of rejoicing. You turned to Him. You know where your strength comes from. You know where your peace comes from. You are rejoicing because you know He is there for you through every emotion and will not leave you!
So, rejoice! No matter what the feeling you are trying to work through. You know where you can turn to work through them. So, again I say, rejoice.
Lord, I am so glad You have big shoulders because sometimes I have some powerful feelings. Today, I choose to rejoice that You are there to listen to me no matter what emotion I am having. ~amen
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