October 16,2021
DAILY DEVOTION:
"LET YOUR JOY OVERFLOW…"
Philippians 4:4
The Passion Translation
4 Be cheerful with joyous celebration in every season of life. Let your joy overflow!
One of the best instructions God gives us in His Word is to be filled with joy and rejoice. What a great idea! This is a command that pleases God and brings direct and tangible physical, emotional, and spiritual benefit to us as we do it.
The apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, told the Philippians twice to rejoice. Any time the Lord tells us twice to do something, we would be wise to pay careful attention to what He is saying.
Many times people see or hear the word rejoice and say, “That sounds nice, but how do I do that?” They would like to rejoice but don’t know how! Paul and Silas, who had been beaten, thrown into prison, and their feet put in stocks, rejoiced by simply singing praises to God.
They chose to rejoice, despite their circumstances. They looked to the things they believed, and not just to what they could see. The same power that opened the doors and broke the shackles off Paul and Silas, and those imprisoned with them, is available to you today.
No matter what you’re dealing with, no matter what your coworkers say about you, no matter how much the kids are driving you crazy—take a moment right in the middle of the chaos to rejoice. It will make all the difference!
Rejoicing is not something that happens accidentally. It is a conscious decision that says, “I will praise God today, regardless of the circumstances around me.”
