Rejoice

Everyone wants to be happy. If you ask people around what their ambition in life is, most of them will say, they want to be happy. For that happiness, people are working hard, some going to the extent that they break laws. Always having to appear happy creates stress. Many people fake happiness than living reality. Not everyday scores a perfect 10. Some days are disasters. Let’s be honest about it. 

Happiness depends on happenings. Joy goes deeper. It is an attitude, a choice. It is your choice to rejoice. Joy is what makes life well, enjoyable. It is one of the fruits of Holy Spirit. Since it is the fruit, you need to have it to go ahead in your spiritual or earthly life.

“But the fruits of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” – Galatians 5:22

To have Joy in our life, you need to have Hope. For a believer in Christ, no situation is completely hopeless. The hope we have in Christ is the first reason we can rejoice, even in difficult situation. “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” – Romans 12:12.

 

If you believe in Christ, you rejoice because you know God has a purpose in every situation. “We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance” – Romans 5:3. Joy is learning to enjoy life in spite of problems. It is not the absence of suffering, but the presence of God in the midst of sufferings. 

The trials and sufferings have value. It is easier to handle sufferings when you know there is a purpose in it, that it is not in vain. No matter whether a problem is brought on by you, by other people, or by the devil, God allowed it. Grasping the fact that there is a purpose behind the problems is vitally important. Perseverance, character and hope are produced in us only when we choose the right attitude. 

You can rejoice in any circumstances because God is always with those who believe in him, no matter where you are or what you are facing. “We rejoice because of what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God’s friends” – Romans 5:11. Since God is with you, should thank him all circumstances, the attitude of gratitude. 

Two ways to overcoming the trials and tribulations, and achieve joy is to serve and share. Give your life to help others in the midst of problems also. Help someone to get out of their problems and rejoice in Christ. There is rejoicing in heaven when a person comes to faith in Christ. Commit your life to Christ and introduce others to him. Feel the joy in you which will override all your problems.

“When you pass through deep waters, I(God) will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you” – Isaiah 43:2.