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Joy, March 4
I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy
marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to
thy name, O thou most High.
Psalm 9:1, 2
.
We must have more faith. Let us begin to believe unto salvation. Let us
come to God in faith, fully assured that as we surrender all to Him, He will
make us Christlike in character. We must tell this to all over and over again.
Then, one with Christ, we can reveal Him to the world. Then all our fitful,
haphazard work will cease.
Let us honor God by showing firm faith and unswerving trust. Let us
remember that He is not glorified by the manifestation of a fretful, unhappy
spirit. The Lord cares for the flowers. He gives them beauty and fragrance.
Will He not much more give us the fragrance of a cheerful disposition? Will
He not restore in us the divine image? Then let us have faith in Him. Let
us now, just now, place ourselves where He can give us His Holy Spirit.
Then we can give to the world a revelation of what true religion does for
men and women. The joy of a Saviour filling our hearts gives us that peace
and confidence which enables us to say, “I know that my Redeemer liveth”
(
Job 19:25
).
In His Word the Lord has made it plain that His people are a joyful people.
True faith reaches up the hand and lays hold upon the One who is behind
the promise “Great shall be the peace of thy children” (
Isaiah 54:13
). “Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river” (
Isaiah 66:12
).
“Behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy” (
Isaiah 65:18
).
In God we may “rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory” (
1 Peter 1:8
).
“Men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed” (
Psalm 72:17
).
Let us strive to educate the believers to rejoice in the Lord. Spiritual joy is
the result of active faith. God’s people are to be full of faith and of the Holy
Spirit. Then He will be glorified in them.—
Bible Training School, April 1,
1905
.
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