A Jolt of JoySample

Are you ready for the greatest coaching advice in all of recorded history? Are you ready for a game plan that will ensure your ability to walk in victory and to never again be a victim of depression or discouragement? If you are ... then today's devotional is for you! "Keep on rejoicing!" is a New Testament commandment which means you really don't have a choice! Your strategy for victory is to "Keep on rejoicing!" Joy is not just a spin-off of obedience to God. Joy IS obedience to God! Joy is an act of obedience and we are commanded to rejoice in the Lord and to take delight in His presence. C. S. Lewis said it this way, "It is a Christian duty for everyone to be as joyful as they can be!" The goal of your life is to glorify God through every day that you live. The goal of your life is to honor His Name with every choice that you make, every word that you speak and every thought that you think. You honor God when you choose the joy of His presence. You do not glorify Him through whining, complaining, bitterness or unforgiveness. You glorify God when you choose to defy the heat of the fire with joy! You need to take the advice of the Holy Spirit and determine that you will indeed rejoice next time you are experiencing a difficult time of suffering. These verses clearly teach us that we don't get to be afraid of the fiery ordeal ... but that what we get to do is to rejoice!