Joy To the World!

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

Isa 9:3 You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.

Tis the season of joy! We sing, “Joy to the world, the Lord has come!”The Light of the world, Jesus Christ, brings joy! If the gospel were a speedboat on a lake, joy would be in its wake. That wake keeps reaching out to the shoreline washing over all who are in its path, and the spiritual nation of Israel (believers) are multiplied.

This multiplication of souls brings with it increased joy, if nothing else by the sheer numbers! This joy is like the joy of a farmer after a bountiful harvest, or like a den of thieves spilling out their loot and rejoicing over their take. (I don’t recommend trying this last one, but it is a great example of joy isn’t it?)

 

If true revival comes, joy will follow. Revel in it, it is your strength! (Neh 8:10) Let it be your calling card, especially now, our world needs it!

 

When Phillip brought the healing balm of the Gospel to Samaria, we are told “And there was  great joy in the city” (Ac 8:8)

When he brought the healing balm of the gospel to the Ethiopian eunuch, joy followed!  Ac 8:39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.

 

Why all this rejoicing? Because the yoke has been lifted. You are no longer a slave to sin. Sin does not wag your tail or have any more power over you! Ro 6:18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

 

Therefore break out the songs! Ps 67:4 says, “Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!”

 

Yes, Join heaven and nature and sing the song of joy!

Joy to the world, the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found

He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders of His love

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word.