Good morning people who are exceedingly glad in Who God is

I Thessalonians 5:16 NIV Rejoice always.

“I can’t do this Steve!”

I hear you!

And if the command is to rejoice about everything going on in my life, I agree with you.

But Paul brings the truth of this statement into greater clarity as we read the following verse:

Philippians 4:4 NIV Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Oh, I’m so glad for that clarification Paul!

We need to understand that Paul was writing this from a prison – and not even a little bit like our modern-day, first-world prisons. He had been severely beaten and his present environment was synonymous with death.

Yet he knew a secret, and that secret was to magnify his God, not his present reality.

Rejoice in the Lord always.

“You’ve got to be kidding me Paul! You’re in a prison!”

I will say it again: Rejoice!