Rejoicing Is Just Releasing (Poem, Part 2)

(See the series here)

Why Should You ReJoYce?

Tell me, if JoY could be weighed on some kind of scale,

For which of these two things would your JoY weigh more:

Things for which you prayed, that are still ‘behind God’s veil’,

Or His answers that’ve ‘washed up on your life’s shore’?

According to God’s Holy writ,

It’s by faith we should live out our Earth tenure.

If to Him we aim to submit,

It would help to have some kind of faith measure.

It’s our words and corresponding actions, outside,

That reveal the height, width, weight and diameter,

Of all that we say we really believe, inside.

So let’s consider them as our ‘faithometer’.

Here is a question that may just befuddle:

To faith, is there a measuring unit?

God’s not silent on this question pivotal.

His key answer is JoY in your spirit. ¹

If faith reveals your confidence in God’s promises,

Then your JoY unseals your confidence, in exuberance.

Joy counters tendencies to slip into faithlessness,

And perfumes confidence with a spiritual fragrance.

JoY renewed ensures your faith stays s-t-r-o-n-g,

Amidst life’s challenges that surely will beset.

One challenge devils love to prolong,

Is this song they sing, ‘You haven’t gotten it yet!’ ²

The it in this, their favored song whooped,

Is the answer to your prayer, manifested,

By this song, carnal minds will be duped,

And of Christ’s JoY, your life will be divested.

If you may hear this ole song looping in your ear,

Here’s a tip to keep your JoY strong so it won’t fade:

Sing this song ALOUD, so you and devils can hear:

‘I believe I received God’s answer when I prayed!’

Here’s why…

Jesus says, ‘Whatever things you ask when you pray,

Believe you receive them [then], and you will have them.’

When you pray, receive. Both are present tense, I say!

You’ll then have future manifestations from Him. ³

In this pronouncement, Jesus has forever married,

All our asking to receiving.

Since in Christ to us all things are already rallied,

Then receiving is …just releasing! ⁴

But…

Our carnal mind screams out, ‘IT I’ll have, when IT I get!,

Till then we beg and hunt, and go about in want.

Inside pressures building, they seek the easiest outlet.

Rather than resist, we then join in devils’ taunt!

To you does this sounds familiar??

We’ve all been there - fruits of un-renewed, carnal minds.

But we are to be ‘peculiar’,

With no despair when with God’s Spirit we’re aligned. ⁵

When His advice we decide to refuse,

We’ll embrace this devils’ song as our own thought,

This thought will then be lit with devils’ fuse,

And by their fiery darts, our tongue will be shot! ⁶

At this point, our angels may be aghast,

At the words streaming from our mouth …faithless,

Progress to our prayers they had amassed,

May now be discarded. It’s now …useless. ⁷

It won’t be long that on our words spoken,

We will soon act.

Voila! Words and corresponding action,

Our faith’s been hacked!

It is by faith God says we should live,

In this, His command and promise are combined.

But devils’ darts seek tongues captive.

The power of life and death therein is enshrined. ⁶

Keeping our heart, mind and mouth full of JoY,

Is our best ‘faith insurance’ and ‘attack defense’,

And activates our angelic envoy.

>>Rejoicing releases God’s prayer-answer sequence.<<

Carnal minds say, ‘Seeing is believing!’

Faith says, ‘Believing comes first, then seeing!’

God says, ‘To Me, rejoicing is pleasing.’

So stay in JoY, your key to receiving!’
See Part 3

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¹ See: John 15:11 and 16:24. The Bible gives us some clues to how critical these must be to God:

--Joy is mentioned 192 times: 127 times in 41 of its 66 books (22 books of the Old Testament, and 65 times in 19 books of the New Testament)

--Rejoice is mentioned 238 times: 179 times in 44 of its 66 books (29 books of the Old Testament, and 59 times in 15 books of the New Testament)

--Joy and Rejoice are mentioned together 33 times: 23 times in 15 of its 66 books (9 books of the Old Testament, and 6 times in 6 books of the New Testament) (NKJ Version)

² Whooped to the childhood taunt, ‘Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyaah nyah!’ See: Wikipedia

³ Meditate on and visualize Mark 11:23-26.

⁴ In Christ, ALL things (as spiritual seed) to us are ALREADY given that relate to living a quality, Godly life, His seed to be planted, cultivated and harvested. Meditate on Romans 8:28-32, 2 Peter 1:3-4 1, 2 Corinthians 9:8,1 Corinthians 2:10, Timothy 6:17, Philippians 4:13 and Psalm 57:2.

⁵ But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own peculiar [special] people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous Light… (1 Peter 2:9) See also: Titus 2:14

⁶ See: Proverbs 18:21, James 3:1-12 and Ephesians 6:14-18

⁷ ‘Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His Word, Heeding the voice of His Word.’ (Psalm 103:20)  See also: Psalm 104:4. By staying in faith and JoY, we give voice to His Word.