Rejoice Evermore

“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks:

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

It is God’s revealed will that we rejoice always; pray continually for ourselves and one another and GIVE THANKS! What we are, have and in WHOM we are, is ALL of God’s sovereign, perfect, unerring will for us therefore it is to be prayerfully received with rejoicing and thanksgiving, whether in prosperity or adversity. To pray without ceasing is to be brought willingly to commend all things to our LORD- living in an attitude of TOTAL dependence on Him, EVEN when we have no particular apparent need or request. God has already given us the greatest standing one could ever imagine in the imputed righteousness of the LORD Jesus. Talk about a sure hope of endless life in Christ! Nothing then in this temporal life is to overshadow the Truth of God’s Grace in Christ. Why should I complain when I am an heir of God and joint heir with Christ, Romans 8:17? Living in despondency is to lose sight of our position in the LORD Jesus as our Redeemer and Justifier before the Father. May the Spirit of Grace ever grant us Grace to look to Christ alone and always rejoice in Him!