Psalms 89:16 - They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. (NIV)
Watching the rejoicing over the Chicago Cubs winning the world series I can’t help but wonder why we don’t rejoice like that over our salvation and over all the wonderful blessings God freely gives us. The Cubs fans are so very excited. Where is our excitement? We may show some excitement for a moment, but the Cubs fans went on throughout the night with their excitement and they’re still excited today and rejoicing, letting the whole world know they are the winners. When is the last time we stayed up all night praising our God? We are the winners of a full, abundant life throughout all eternity. What are we doing, as individuals, to let all around us know of the joy, salvation and blessing that can be there’s as well? Enough words written. Just think about it. Are we doing what Psalms 89:16 says?
Devotion by Ginger Chapman
We get excited so easily about things that don’t last. A winning season, a big moment, something we can see and celebrate together. And there is nothing wrong with that kind of joy. But it does make me ask myself where that same level of excitement is when it comes to my faith.
God has given me salvation, grace, forgiveness, and a future that goes way beyond this life. That is the real victory. Yet I often treat it like background noise instead of something worth celebrating out loud. I rejoice quietly, quickly, and then move on with my day.
This devotion reminds me that rejoicing is not supposed to be a brief moment. Psalm 89:16 says we rejoice all day long. That kind of joy is steady, lived out, noticeable. Not just in church, not just when things are going well, but woven into everyday life.
I do not think God is asking me to shout nonstop or stay up all night praising Him every day. But He might be asking me to live like I truly believe I have already won. To let my gratitude show. To talk about what He has done. To let others see that my joy comes from something deeper and more lasting.
It leaves me asking myself one honest question. Does my life look like someone who is rejoicing in the Lord all day long, or like someone who has gotten used to the greatest gift they have ever received?
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