Godly Rejoicing

The Church of today has forgotten how to rejoice. Many think that with spiritual life one has to walk around with his head hanging down. Yea, today it is the case, the more complaining, the more converted. This, however, is a terrible mistake. The Apostle Paul says, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice” (Philippians 4:4). Moses prayed for this when he said, “O satisfy us early with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days” (Psalm 90:14). Do God’s children then always walk around singing? Oh no, more often than not they weep, and they do that in their inner chamber, but when they leave that chamber, they wash themselves, and they do not present a downcast coun tenance as do the hypocrites. The life of faith is not strengthened in complaining but in the glorying of free grace.

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