We cannot have too many rejoicing Christians, nor can they rejoice too much, if they rejoice in the Lord. This rejoicing is not necessarily boisterous, nor of necessity the reverse. It implies serenity, happiness, peace, pleasure of soul, however, and does not mean that noisy demonstration is essential, as some seem mistakenly to think. … The only ones who can rejoice always are those who are living very near to the Lord, and who can feel always their oneness with Him, and that His protection and care are over them, and that His promise is sure, that all things shall work together for their highest welfare, as Christians.
The Christian's rejoicing is always to be in the Lord; not in the things of time, but in the things pertaining to eternity; in the matters of consecration, its obligations, its privileges, its lessons, its growth, its precepts and its attainments. A constant counting of our blessings will make us rejoice, joy over and over again. How could it otherwise be than occasion for rejoicing, when we consider our justification, consecration, spirit-energizing, spiritual light, food, growth, victories and service, sonship with God and heirship with Christ!
Deut. 12:18; 1 Sam. 2:1; Job 22:26; Psa. 5:11; 9:2; 32:11; 35:9; 43:4; 63:11; 64:10; 97:11; 104:34; Isa. 29:19; Joel 2:23; Hab. 3:18; Luke 10:21; Rom. 5:2; 12:12; 15:13; 1 Cor. 12:26; Phil. 2:18; 3:1; 1 Thes. 5:16; Heb. 3:6; 1 Pet. 4:13.
