Today's devotional from Jerry Savelle is excellent!
THE FORCE OF JOY
For the joy of the Lord is your
strength. (Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV)
In common vernacular, the
word joy means “delight, happiness and pleasure.” However, from a
biblical standpoint, joy is a powerful force that resides in your spirit once
you’ve made Jesus the Lord of your life.
Just because you may walk around
all day with a frown on your face doesn’t mean joy is not in your spirit. It
just means you’ve suppressed it—you haven’t tapped into it. And if you haven’t
tapped into joy, then you are not experiencing the strength of the Lord.
Appropriating the joy of the Lord
is a matter of choice, and act of your will. You can get up in the morning
and will to be happy, or you can will to be unhappy. Either
way, the choice is yours. In order to walk in the joy of the Lord, you must
choose to reach down into your spirit and tap into the joy that resides there.
Of course, the devil will do
everything he can to prevent you from connecting to the force of joy, but he
can’t succeed unless you let him. He will attempt to deceive you into thinking
there is no joy within you. And if he can get you to choose not to tap in to
it, you will be a weak and easy target for the devil to overcome.
Regardless of the frustrations
and challenges you may be facing at this moment, the joy of the Lord resides
within you. Choose today to tap in to the force of joy, and then take a step of
faith and choose to rejoice. When you do, you will experience renewed strength.
Confession: I will not be
deceived into letting go of my joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength, and I
choose to tap in to the force of joy today. Regardless of my circumstances or
how I feel, I choose to rejoice in the Lord.
Because we have received JESUS as LORD and personal SAVIOUR, WE HAVE JOY! HIS joy is residing on the inside of US! SO, stir up that joy! Sing to HIM! Worship HIM! Thank HIM! Sing! Dance! Shout! Leap! Twirl! Do it FIRST by faith, and then with all boldness as HIS joy rises big within you ands floods your entire being! NOTHING will ever get you down again, IF you will stir up joy! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with a great older song called "This Is How We Overcome":
Your light broke through my night
Restored exceeding joy
Your grace fell like the rain
And made this desert live
You have turned my mourning into dancing
You have turned my sorrow into joy
Your hand lifted me up
I stand on higher ground
Your praise rose in my heart
And made this valley sing
You have turned my mourning into dancing
You have turned my sorrow into joy
You have turned my mourning into dancing
You have turned my sorrow into joy
This is how we overcome
This is how we overcome
This is how we overcome
This is how we overcome
Shalom in Him!
