Davar Kingdom Of God

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thess 5:16-18). Living in the world full of bad news and bad happenings, how can we be joyful always? Yes, there are times when we rejoice at good news and good happenings, but most of what we hear and see in this world is not good, if not bad, and there is not much we can be joyful about. It seems impossible to be joyful “always.” Yet, the Bible commands us to “be joyful always!” The only way to be joyful, then, is to be joyful in spite of all the bad news and bad happenings by not being controlled by what we feel or what our natural instinct says. Since our circumstances cannot always make us feel joyful, we need to be willfully joyful by faith standing upon God’s word. And if the Bible commands us to be joyful always, we should and we can. Look at the following words: And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our suffering