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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
I had a computer problem the other day that shut my system down. And almost as quickly as the problem came, so did this verse, and I was challenged, again, to see how rejoicing could be done in the midst of my problem.
So…let me tell you what I learned, again. And hopefully it will help you too.
- There are no qualifiers in this verse. Paul does not tell us that we can only rejoice in certain situations, but not in others.
- We are admonished to rejoice IN THE LORD, not in the problem
So, that is what I did. And…now…this is what it looked like:
My negative feelings wanted to take center stage, but I simply said ‘no’. I could dwell on better thoughts.
Then, I considered the Lord’s life and how He handled problems in the wake of His mission
Sure this was hard to do but I also knew it was not Impossible and I hung on to this.
So in closing, look to Jesus…regardless. You can do it BECAUSE he has already given you everything you need to do it!
I hope this helps you.
Blessings on your journey
-Michael