Insightful, Biblical Devotions
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!” (Ps. 40:16).
If you are seeking God, then you are supposed to be rejoicing. Someone will say I’m seeking the Lord, but I haven’t got my deliverance yet, I haven’t got answers to my prayers yet, I haven’t got solutions to my problems yet. Well, if you are operating in faith, the scriptures say in many places that you must rejoice. “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15).
When you are seeking God and believing, then the answer is in the pipeline, the answer is on its way. And you need to start rejoicing and praising God on this side of the problem and not only on the other side. You can rejoice on this side of the red sea, and not wait until you have crossed to the other side of the red sea. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4: 6-7). That peace will fill you with joy. If all the problems are removed, then it takes no faith. You must operate in faith. If we say that we believe in God, one of the ways that you can tell that you truly believe in God is whether you are rejoicing and praising God. That’s what these verses of scripture are saying.
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