Daily Bread - DEC/31/07
1 Chronicles 16:9-10 - Sing unto him, sing psalms unto Him. Talk of all His wondrous works. Boast in His Holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
One of the most essential aspects of seeking God is to rejoice before Him for all of the wonderful things that He has done and has promised to do (Psalms 70:4; 100:2; 105:3; Isaiah 25:9; Hebrews 11:6). God desires for us to be continually filled with the Spirit so that we may be supplied with the supernatural resources to be all that He has called and chosen us to be. When the Holy Spirit is allowed control over our emotions and given place to prophesy through us then our tongues will be glad, and we will shout for joy, and the Lord will be magnified (Psalms 132:9, 16;Galatians 5:22; Romans 14:17; Acts 2:11, 26). God's will for our lives is that we continually give thanks speaking to ourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our heart (Ephesians 5:19-20; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). He has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light for the purpose of making known all His goodness (1 Peter 2:9; Ephesians 2:10; Isaiah 61:6).
It is impossible to worship God and interact with Him unless you are rejoicing in Him; for rejoicing is the act of praise and thanksgiving (Deuteronomy 16:11-15; 2 Chronicles 23:18; Psalms 5:11; 9:2; 26:7; 50:14; 69:30; 95:2; 107:22). When we rejoice in God we are declaring with our mouths all the things that He has done and that He has promised to do. Such a relationship with God will produce a state of even greater joy and thanksgiving. The more you will allow the Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you into truth you will discover that God has done more than can be reckoned and more than can be numbered (Jeremiah 15:16; Psalms 40:5; 68:19; 103:2). As you give yourself over to this state of joy and rejoicing in the Holy Ghost watch what will happen. Your eyes will be opened to the promises of God, and faith will rise up and produce a certainty that calls it all done! In such a state you will discover God's glory and presence all around you and a divine ability that will enable you to both boast of great things and do them as well. As you acknowledge all that God is doing and every good thing that is in you faith will begin to work, and you will find yourself living in a whole new dimension of glory. If we do what God has told us to do and agree with the things that He has said then we discover fullness of joy that will both boast and radiate with the wondrous works of God (John 15:11; 16:24; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John 1:4). Rejoice and never allow a sad countenance to veil the glory of God that is on you.
Be blessed,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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