Rejoice!!

When I am weary, heavy-laden, broken-hearted, or just plain sad the last thing I feel like doing is rejoicing in the LORD! You want me to do what God? 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀? (𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝟰:𝟰) 𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀? (𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟱:𝟭𝟲-𝟭𝟴) 𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘆? (𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟯𝟮:𝟭𝟭)

But over and over and over again, throughout God’s Word, we are called upon to rejoice. 𝟭𝟴𝟳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁! (KJV). Our Abba Father knows that even if we don’t feel like it, once we begin to rejoice in Him, praise Him, and dance before Him everything will change. We will have a new perspective!

Psalm 89: 15 and 16 says: “𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈; 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.” They rejoice all day long!

How do we rejoice? Rejoice in Hebrew in this particular verse means to jump for joy, to spin around, dance, exalt, and be excited! Honestly, I’m smiling as I read this imagining the dance party that could change your life! If you are feeling down, sad, or broken today I invite you to put on that praise music and begin to dance, to jump, to leap for joy! Be undignified like David!

In Zephaniah 3:17 God’s Word tells us, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝑶𝒏𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆; 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈.” Did you see that!!! Oh, that’s so exciting. God rejoices over you and it’s that same word, “gil.”

Your Father God rejoices over you, He dances over you, He spins around joyfully over you. Over you! Because of you! That’s how extreme and lavish His love is for you. And so I ask – how extreme is your love for your LORD? Enough that in your pain and your sadness you can get up and dance before Him? I’m not saying it’s not hard, because it is, but I’m saying it’s worth a try. It’s totally worth doing what God’s Word says as we know it to be true!

Today I pray that you will sense the LORD dancing over you, singing over you and that joy would rise up within you and you would begin to ‘𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲’ 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗺!