Do you remember that song? It has become rather famous over the years. The great thing about that song is that it is very hard to sing it with a frown on your face. It is all about enjoying life and celebrating all those beautiful things in our lives. In the 80's we had a song called "Celebrate" not so profound and it only talked about the good times.
God asks us to have Zipity do Dah days every day. He calls us to celebration and joy. Not just in the good times, but at all times. Phil. 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice". Do we really apply that verse or just quote it? It is one of those easier said than done type of verses. I know personally it can be a real struggle when calling life joyful is rather difficult. The great thing about God is that he knows that so he tells us that it's his joy that can be our joy when we need it. "The Joy of the Lord is our Strength" Neh. 8:10
St. Augustine wrote:
"A Christian should be an alleluia from head to foot."
Check out these verses:
"Our mouth was filled with laugher, and our tongue with shouts of joy."
Psalms 126.2a
"...continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name."
Hebrews 13:15
"These things I have written to you that you Joy may be full."
John 15:1
Are you filled with joy? Do people know that you have the joy of the Lord, or are you strung out from life's pressures and struggle to experience joy? In Christ, we have so much to be joyful about. Remember that nothing happens today that God is not in control of and that nothing compares with the eternity we will spend with Him if Christ is our Lord and Savior.
LDJ
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