Let us rejoice and be glad

Before becoming a Christian, Lincoln Brewster worried a lot. One day he picked up a Bible and read the verse…Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (Matt 6:27)



In order to stop worrying, we need to change some things about ourselves. We need to pray more, worship fully, completely trust and rely on Him. We need to open our hearts and develop a relationship with Christ. So when we worry, we need to pray for God to remove the worry from our lives!

We also need to search the scriptures. Recently, I have been in a group at SWC studying Revelation. The words in Revelation 19:6-8 have hit me and stuck with me! They say, “Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)

“Let us rejoice and be glad” means a lot more than the type of glad you normally think glad to mean. It means a lot more than just…hey, I’m glad to see you. It is the glad that is accompanied by complete and utter delightfulness and joyfulness, dancing, shouting and praising Him!

As I was searching the scriptures about “Let us rejoice and be glad,” I came across Isaiah 25:8-9 which states “he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” This is just one of the many prophesies in Isaiah about Christ!

Bear in mind, Isaiah lived 2,700 years ago. That’s about 700 years before Christ! Click on the following prophesies of Isaiah to see the scriptures where he predicted with amazing accuracy:

the virgin birth of Christ;

A Son will be called God;

Jesus will perform miracles;

Christ will be preceded by a messenger;

Christ will be spat upon and beaten;

Christ will be rejected;

Christ will die for our sins;.

Christ will be silent before his accusers;.

and he will be buried in a rich man’s tomb.

I think Isaiah nailed it! He also invites all to come, who are thirsty and describes the New Heavens and a new Earth. See how this compares to Revelation 22:17 and Revelation 21! Can you imagine a place where “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Let us rejoice and be glad Amen!!!

Jesus himself in the most powerful sermon ever Matt 5:1-12, where he gives us the Beatitudes, says “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

My prayer for the New Year is that I will stop worrying and be more joyful and glad in his presence and that I can open my heart fully to the God who created me and filled me with living water, so that one day I will be with Him in heaven! I also pray that you will join me!