Rejoice in God!

Deuteronomy 12:18 (HCSB)

“Rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you do….”

I read this and I thought: “I am so glad that God does not want us to be bored!” Our Christianity is not to be dull and lifeless and boring. It is to be filled with rejoicing and fun and smiling and laughter and good times! The joy in our religion is a witness to the nations. Most other religions of the world are joyless. There is no reason for rejoicing. They don’t know if there is a heaven or if there is if they are going to make it. But we know that heaven is real and we are assured a place there! We also know—and this is something else the other religions of the world do not have—our God is with us right now… right here! He loves us and accepts us. He is our Father. He carries us as a father carries his children in his arms. We belong to Him. He cannot abandon us. He is always with us. We have the best religion in the world! How can we be sad? How can we not but rejoice and be glad in our God? So, praise your God today—and have a good time doing it too! He commands it!