You will never live life to the extent of victory that you desire until you learn to rejoice and stir up your joy and the reality of what you believe and stay in this place of positive outlook and rejoicing.
There is a strength you can have that nothing but joy can produce – nothing but rejoicing always when you feel like it and when you don’t, offering up a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for what you know is true regardless of what seems or feels to be so! There is a strength that you can have in no other way!
Learn to laugh! – especially at the things that bother you the most, like the cobwebs you never have time to deal with, like the dirt in the corners, the problems you face every day in living your life! Learn to laugh even at your own faults and shortcomings.
How much you enjoy life depends on how you look at it. All people face problems – life is full of them! But you can be happy in your present circumstances if you learn to fully enjoy the things you enjoy in your life and rejoice through the hard, painful or challenging things, casting them on God. This is really the only way He can get in to help you and turn them around anyway!
Perspective: Much of whether you enjoy life or not depends on your perspective. It’s not the problems you face; it’s how you look at them.
If you rejoice and offer thanksgiving and confess what you choose to believe from your heart based on God’s wonderful promises (from Scripture or personal vision and promises He has given you), problems will seem to shrink in your estimation and God grows, and you can face the same problems and situations that were getting you down with a victorious attitude; and in turn, you have a much greater chance of overcoming whatever it is you are facing.
When the problems you face seem so big that they are all you can see, you cannot solve them. You must see God in His mercy, love and willingness to help you solve your problems. This helps you let go of them and let God have them. He always has the answers you need and is willing to help you and give you wisdom. When He has your problems and worries, you are in a place where you can receive wisdom concerning the problems.
Continuing to rejoice continues to keep things in proper perspective and continues to keep things in God’s hands. You hinder Him if your focus is on your problems, on your own abilities, or on human resources alone to solve and overcome them.
Don’t forget God. Don’t discount His Promises. Don’t let the nature and mercy of God be clouded over.
A positive outlook, a continuing rejoicing, is something very important to your happiness in life and in your ability to overcome whatever it is you face.
And it affects even your health and the length of your life – not just the quality of your life! You are made for joy! Your body is designed to thrive in joy and other positive thoughts and emotions. The world flows in a negative stream, and it is not easy to go against the current. But your happiness, even your very life and health, depends on you learning to rejoice your problems away!
Scriptures
Nehemiah 8:10 – The joy of the Lord is your strength.
Psalm 27:6 – Offer sacrifices of joy.
Isaiah 12:3 – With joy shall ye draw water out of the well of salvation.
Isaiah 61:3 – Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. He will give you the oil of joy for mourning.
Romans 14:17 – The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. The kingdom of God IS JOY! If you are not living in joy, you are not living in His kingdom.
James 1:2 – Count it all joy when you fall into various temptations.
Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always. (This means to never not rejoice in the Lord.)
1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 – Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks. This is God’s will for you! Rejoicing and giving thanks is ALWAYS the will of God for me.
Psalm 89:16 – In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day.
Hebrews 13:15 – Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God,
Psalm 35:27 – Say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified who delights in the prosperity and well-being of His servants.”
Habakkuk 3:18 – Even when things go wrong, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
Hebrews 12:2 – For the joy set before Him, Jesus endured the cross.
Hebrews 11:27 – Moses endured seeing Him who is unseen. (2 Cor 5:7).
Joy is a motivator to continued action when things are hard.
Proverbs 15:13 – A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 17:22 – A joyful or merry heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Philippians 4:4-8 – Rejoice in the Lord always. This means to never not rejoice. Be anxious about nothing. Pray about everything that tries to bother you. Leave it in God’s hands by thanksgiving (1 Peter 5:7). His peace shall guard your heart and mind (Isaiah 26:3 – Peace involves what you do with your thoughts). If you want a mind full of peace, fill it with peaceful thoughts. Think on what is right, pure, lovely, anything excellent or worthy of praise.
Conclusion: When you encounter problems, stay full of joy. Bring them to God. Commit them to Him. And leave them with Him. Go your way rejoicing and thanking God for taking care of them – whether you know how He will do it or not. Then keep your mind full of a victorious outcome. Learn to always expect the best. While maintaining this attitude, God will fix your problem and bring you into the victory.
