October 17
PURE JOY FROM THE HEART
Psalms 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Joy--joy from the Spirit—is the trademark of Christian faith. The child of God who truly puts his trust in his God rejoices because he has the assurance that God has answered his prayers even if he doesn’t presently see it. The Child of God doesn’t ‘hope’, he doesn’t ‘wish’ that his Heavenly Father will answer his prayers, he simply knows. He knows because faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) The Greek word used for “substance” in this text is “huposthasis”, meaning the “title-deed”. So the verse could also be translated as: “faith is the ‘title-deed’ of things hope for”. He know that he owns the answer to his prayers just because it is written on a piece of paper called a ‘contract’, in this case, the Bible.
Each child of God has this biblical contract with God signed in the blood of Jesus-Christ. The promises in His Word are the terms and they cannot be broken (John 10:35b). We have His assurance of supply (Philippians 4:19), of protection (Psalms 91:1), and of His love (Hebrews 13:5b).
Lord, open our eyes that we may see and behold that they that are with us are more than they that are against us (2 Kings 6:15-17). Help us to throw ourselves completely at your feet in the total trust and confidence that, not only you will take care of us and defend us, but that you are already doing it. Help our countenance to reflect this inner peace, help our spirits to emanate the joy of this confidence and trust in you--that all those we meet may know that you are our Lord, our God, our Savior and our Defender!
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
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