Daily Devotions

Psalm 126: 3  #devotional thoughts # bible studies # word of God
The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.

Psalm 126 is a psalm of joy describing the happy occasion when the Jews were able to return to Jerusalem from their exile. Joy is the gift from God to us when we become His own. Jesus invited us to hand over all our burdens and sorrows to Him and he will give us joy in exchange.

It had always been God’s plans to give us happiness when we know Him. God also spoke through the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 61: 3 …to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…. Our relationship with God is always about joy and happiness, blessing and honour and promotion.

When Jesus came He continued with this trend of blessing the believers, in John 15: 11 Those things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be fill. Just as the Father had given joy to His children in the Old Testament times; Jesus too came to give us joy. The blessing of the Kingdom is joy and happiness and Jesus promised that these two will follow us aall the days of our lives.

In continuity of this the apostles also followed in this direction, Paul wrote in 2 Cor 2: 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. Paul continued to say that it was out of the zeal for the believers that he wrote so that they may know the love that he had in abundance for them.

In fact all leaders must have this love and joy for his flock; they must be true shepherds who must lay down their lives for the flock. They musts be loving and concerned for those who are under him.

Paul said in 2 Cor 2: 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward Him. Christian relationship are two ways, when God loves us we are also commanded to do the same, fist to love God in return and secondly to love one another. When brothers and sisters fail to ove each other, then Satan will have a foot hold in our lives and He will bring destruction to us.

Paula gain said in verse 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us….. The central theme of the Kingdom of God is love and joy, we have received it from Jesus Christ and in turn we are to give the same to others so that we can uphold and build the whole body of Christ.

In Churches today where they is love, there is stability and unity but where love and joy is not present, then we see strive and rivalry in the Church. Then will unhappiness, fear, lack of love and joy and a lot of bitterness and anger will fill the Church.

Therefore we must build on the love and joy that we have received and pass it on to the rest of the body.