Rejoicing in the Lord. The Bible speaks of rejoicing in the Lord with such regularity and with such a tone that it is assumed in our very life. In other words, Christians are to live rejoice. Rejoicing is a way of life, the very manner with which we are to live.
The Psalms speak of this rejoicing in terms of singing a song and that praising the Lord befits the believer (Psa. 33). In other words, rejoicing is the Lord is the Christian lifestyle. All the doctrine and theological axioms are all for nought if not for a life spent praising and rejoicing in the Lord. For lack of better way to put it, this is just the way we are to live. Period.
Because praise is so subsumed in the life of the believer, Christians should take heart to monitor the depth and breadth of worship in their lives. For if a Christian feels distant from God, it is highly probable that they are not rejoicing in the Lord, because rejoicing in the Lord is how we actively engage our faith.
Essentially, if we are loving God with the passion and fervor that He has intended and created us for, rejoicing in Him will be as rudimentary to our lives as breathing. Conversely, if rejoicing in the Lord is more like trudging through mired bogs, the issue is not God but our relationship with Him. We should then take this call to rejoicing seriously and live lives that our filled, moment-by-moment, with rejoicing and worship. Let us then rejoice in the Holy Lord God Almighty every second with unceasing praises to His glory!
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