REJOICE OVER YOUR SITUATIONS

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Monday 4th December 2016

Topic:  Rejoice Over Your Situations

Text: Rejoice evermore (1 Thessalonians 5:16).

First Thessalonians 5:16 is one of the shortest
verses in the Bible, but it really packs a punch.
It’s telling us to keep a cheerful attitude all the
time. In fact, the word rejoice in the Greek
means cheerful. God wants us to have a cheerful
demeanor in all circumstances. Of course, we
know that this isn’t always easy to do.
Sometimes we feel just the opposite, especially
when things don’t go just like we wanted. So
why
would the Lord tell us to be cheerful all the time
if it wasn’t that easy? Probably because God
knows that a cheerful approach changes things.
First of all, it has a tremendous effect on you
personally. Cheerfulness helps you overcome
tough times. It gives you the mental wherewithal
to rise above things. Second, cheerfulness also
makes people like being around you more. That
in itself offers encouragement and strength.
Another thing cheerfulness does is brighten up
the atmosphere. It’s like opening the blinds and
letting the sun shine into the window. However, I
am convinced that God wants us to be cheerful
for yet another reason. That is because rejoicing
and cheerfulness is exactly the opposite of
everything the devil is. When we rejoice, the
devil just cannot hang around! Without the devil
hanging around, we open the way for good things
to be attracted to us. Go ahead and try it and
see what rejoicing all the time will do for you
today!

PRAYER
Lord, I rejoice today! I rejoice over every situation
that concerns me, especially
over ______________________. As I rejoice, every
demon has to
flee, and I thank You, Lord, that good things shall
come my way. In Jesus’
Name, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Ezekiel 43,
Ezekiel 44
1 Peter
2:4-45
Psalm
132:1-18