Re:Verse passage – Nehemiah 8:9-12 (day five)
Have you ever sung this VBS song?
“I’ve got joy, down in my heart, deep deep down in my heart.
J-O-Y down in my heart, deep deep down in my heart.
(Where’s it come from?) Jesus put it there, and nothing can destroy it, stroy it, stroy it.
I’ve got joy, down in my heart, deep deep down in my heart.”
I’ve led this song on guitar no less than a thousand times.
In actuality, the song asks a very deep and meaningful question. “Where’s it come from?“ The song quickly answers the question with a significant truth. “Jesus put it there.” Yes, as believers we do have joy. But left to our own strength, effort, and energy, we cannot produce it. Just like His other gifts and provisions, we must steward God’s joy. The joy OF THE LORD (my emphasis) is your strength. This is what the people in our Re:Verse text were promised and experienced. God’s joy and His strength. Make no mistake, it is His, it comes only from Him. Same for us today. See John 15:11. “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.” (Blog for another time- the connection between God’s Word and joy).
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