FAITH CAPSULE: Joy and rejoicing should be the identity of a true believer.

Philippians 4

Joy and rejoicing is not purchasable by getting high through alcohol or smoking any substance which arouses emotion of having moment of happy. Joy and rejoicing is possessable by having established word of God in man’s heart. Feeding on the word of God constantly day and night is the source of carrying word of God truly in the heart. God spoke in Joshua 8:1, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” One that meditates on the word of God as commanded by God should carry God’s word and be joyful. The word of God is for joy and to be rejoicing inGod’s promises that are set to become manifested if man gives self to the condition of His promises.
Joy and rejoicing should be the identity of a true believer, a believer that is full with the word of God. A believer that truly knows God, a believer that worships Him in the spirit shall be one that knows to maintain joy. The book of Philippians buttressed, “For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” (Philippians 3:3) Regardless of any confronting situation is the evidence of trusting God that does not fail. One that is full of self cannot possibly have the Word of God which is the source of joy and rejoicing. To be full of the word of God is to be full of God.
It is important to believe that the word of God (promises of God) cannot fail. Having joy is to locate God’s promise concerning your challenge. Retain joy in the word of God believing that challenging is situation is solved while it is yet unsolved. Habakkuk 3:17 documented a confronting situation “Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls.” The situation documented is comfortable situation but testifies the need to be joyful because of promising testimony of God’s word. Habakkuk testifies can be comped to having a place in the depth of a valley where there seems to be no way out, and no end in sight as to when the time of rising and climbing out of the depth of valley. There is no one that wants to plant a tree without yielding fruit. Regardless of the situation, Habakkuk 3:18 testified, “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Allow the testimonies of God to fill you that you may be full of joy and rejoicing as emphasized by Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!”

Prayer for today: Ask God for His word to be established in your heart.