If you are regularly in the Lord’s presence, drawing near to Him, His NAME will bring joy to you.

 

15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;

LORD, they walk in the light from your face.

16 They rejoice in your name all day long,

and they are exalted by your righteousness.

17 For you are their magnificent strength. (Psalm 89:15-17)

The only reason that a true follower of Christ should not be overcome with joy is if they have been distracted from the presence of the Lord … if they have let the world and its allurements, and the devil and his lies and temptations, and their flesh and its weakness pull them away from the throne room of heaven.

I’m not saying we do not face moments of burden or intense sorrow. Jesus did. But the normative emotion of those who genuinely walk in the presence of Christ is joy.

For those who have learned that everything flows from the presence of the Lord, and have devoted themselves to rising daily, consecrating themselves and entering the throne room of heaven (which is open for all those who believe,) then joy should be their constant portion for “In Your presence is fullness of joy and in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11)

Why Are You So Happy?

Listen to the Psalmist In Psalm 89:15-17 who had turned from the gods of the world and realized that the most important part of life is to be focused on the Lord’s presence … to draw near to God.

“They Know the Joyful Shout”

They have heard the singing of heaven. If they are blessed to be in a church that knows how to pray and enter into God’s presence, they hear it there, and their hearts are regularly thrilled by the shouts of the redeemed. The songs of the faith thrill them. They love to join a congregation of believers whose hearts are thrilled by the songs of heaven. They’ve been in places and moments where God’s presence is so thick that they shout for joy.

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