Rejoice in the Lord

Isaiah 29:19 (NIV) Once more the humble will rejoice in the LORD; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Joy is the proper reward for the humble. When we are humble – having an accurate estimation of ourselves, and a proper perspective of ourselves in relation to God and others – our lives are filled with the most joy.

The humble and the poor have their joy in the LORD. He is a constant source of joy that can never be taken away!

Pride is the enemy of joy. We can be proud and have fun, we can be proud and have success, we can be proud and experience excitement, and we can be proud and be happy because of happy circumstances.

But we cannot be proud and have joy in the LORD, or to whatever degree we are proud, we are missing joy in the LORD. The proud can never have joy in the LORD if they are in humble or poor circumstances.

This joy is not carnal, but spiritual; it is the fruit of the Spirit of God, and is called joy in the Holy Spiritt; as it also is the joy of faith, which goes along with it, is through it, and increases as that does; it is peculiar to believers, unknown to the world, and is unspeakable, and full of glory: and such kind of rejoicing, and an increase of it, are what belong to Gospel times.

Be filled with fresh joy from the Lord.