Again

Phlippians 4 says, Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. 

I feel a need to rejoice in my life.  The act of rejoicing in the Lord is healing in many ways. 

It takes our focus off our circumstances and onto the Lord and his mercies shown to us.

It is a purposeful action of the will to show great delight in something, regardless of how we feel.

It is obedience to the word of God, and it’s something we can do always…it’s eternal…therefore of great value.

After we are told (twice here ) to rejoice, we are then told to let our “gentleness” be evident to all.  After a bit of reading, it seems this phrase means to let others see how “moderate” we are to outward things and how keen we are to inward things.

In other words, we all live in a fallen world with hardships and sorrow.  However, how we react to the world around us is what separates us from those who don’t know Christ.  He is our hope.  He is our calling.  He is our savior.  He is our everything.

Therefore, we have every reason to rejoice – always – again – and again.