“Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.”
Psalm 100:2
The joy of the Lord is indeed my strength. I reached a new understanding of that today.
When I woke up this morning, I met the Lord with thanksgiving, as I have tried to discipline this practice into my everyday life. But I did something a little different today. Rather than turning on my worship music to lift up my spirits, I longed for silence.
Surely, I was thankful to God for yet another day, but in truth, I was also still overwhelmed from last night’s heavy thoughts.
The first two hours went by and I still felt a sluggishness I could not quite explain. Sure I had a slight cramp in my neck from my sleeping position, but it should not have been enough to have me this slow in my movements and steps.
I felt tired, weary even. My spirit felt repressed and it reflected on my physical.
It was when I laid down once again after eating, that I heard the Voice of my inner man say, “don’t sleep.”
I laid there still and perverse thoughts made their way into my mind. So I sat up.
WHAT IN THE WORD WAS GOING ON?!
This is the last leg before yet another chapter since I began my walk of radical faith with the Lord. I wanted to be full of excitement and expectation but I truly was not because of the pressing conflicts in front of me.
In a sum, I have more bills than money, as it has been since I left my job in January on God’s orders.
It is now June and as the final numbers appear declaring what I owe, I am overwhelmed with the ‘How?”…”How will this be taken care of again?”…then I remembered…
Jehovah Jireh is God my provider.”
He has been providing and He will not with-hold His mercy this time around. So that alone brings praise to my mouth.
I am thankful. I have been thankful since I heard God call me out of my filth for His own purpose early last year. But today,
I heard the spirit asking, “Have you kept the joy in your praise and thanksgiving?… Have you come before the Lord with joyful songs today and not just words of gratitude?” FINISH READING HERE
