Andrew Wommack 7 January 2022 Daily Devotional | Friday Message
Topic: Choosing Joy
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Luke 1:46-47, ‘And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.’
Text: Luke 1:39-56
Here, Mary makes a very clear distinction between her soul magnifying the Lord and her spirit rejoicing.
Our soul is the part of us that is considered to be our personality. It is our intellect, emotions and will. Our spirit is the part that gets changed at salvation and it is always operating in ‘love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance’ (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 5:22-23). That’s true whether our souls (feelings and emotions) ‘feel’ it or not.
Many believers wait until their emotions feel like praising the Lord before they enter in to worship. They think it’s hypocritical to act like they are rejoicing in the Lord if they don’t ‘feel’ it. But our spirits are always rejoicing in the Lord. It’s actually hypocritical to go by our feelings and not magnify the Lord with our souls when our born again spirits are already rejoicing.
Our born again spirits are always in tune with the Lord and walking in the joy of the Lord. Our flesh is often dominated by what it sees and feels.
Sometimes it doesn’t feel like praising the Lord, but the choice rests with our souls. If we choose to praise the Lord, our emotions will follow.
The decision is yours (Dt. 30:19). Today, choose to walk in the joy of the Lord.
Andrew Wommack 7 January 2021 Daily Devotional Message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI), an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM)
