Rejoice In The Lord

Sometimes it is so very easy for us to lose focus and take our eyes off of the Lord and all that He has done in our lives.  We all get busy and sometimes we get distracted with life that we forget the One that created everything.  God is Awesome and all Powerful.  He knows the beginning all the way to the very end.  He sees the entire picture.  We only see a little piece of what is going on.  We might not always know what lies just around the corner, but our God does.

There is nothing that surprises the Lord our God.  The Lord puts things into motion and He is working out all things for our good even though sometimes we tend to wonder about that.  He never said that everything that happens to us will be good because sometimes bad things happen to us, however God can take the bad things and turn them around for our good.

God has a plan for each of us and there is a purpose for our lives as well.  He wants us to love Him with all of our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls.  He wants us also to love our neighbor as ourselves and hopefully draw them into a relationship with Jesus Christ.  God can use us to reach others with the Gospel through the Holy Spirit that indwells everyone that has placed his or her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work on the Cross.

The Lord loves us so very much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to save us from our sins.  In a few days it will be Christmas Day when we celebrate the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Our hearts should rejoice at all the Lord has done for us and more importantly we should rejoice in who the Lord is for He is God and our Maker.

We should have a song of praise in our very hearts when we think how Wonderful our Lord is.  God is so very good and we can trust Him no matter what comes our way.  We can rejoice in the Lord for all that He has done in the past, all that He is doing now, and all that He will do in the future.

When the troubles of life drag us down we need to remind ourselves to rejoice in the Lord for who He is and we also need to remember that He will be by our side each step of the way throughout our lives.

Lord,
We praise Your Name.
You are Holy and Just in Your Judgments.
Help us not to be discouraged with the way things seem to be going in our world.
Help us to rejoice in who You are and all that You have done.
Lead us by Your holy Spirit.
In Jesus Name,
Amen.