The second message from the Revival did not disappoint. Once again, God used this powerful man of God to deliver his message on counting it all joy! I remember that my aunt used to always tell me to count it all joy. That was her thing. She stood on that Scripture for a long time. And, that's the way our attitude towards everything should be. We need to count it all joy!

Good times - count it all joy!
Bad times - count it all joy!
In-between times - count it all joy!

As Christians, we can do this no matter the state we are in when we are fully submitted to God. Fully submitted, we can look at Him in the proper light and with the proper view - He alone is God. He alone is worthy! We exist for Him - to give Him glory.

When we are fully submitted to God, we look to Him for our marching orders - for our next step - for His will in our lives. And guess what, in looking to Him, we lift our heads up toward Heaven to see what He will say to us. Therefore, we can look up - lift up - raise up - worship! All our help comes from the Lord so we can count it all joy! JOY! JOY! JOY!

Now, this does not mean that you will not go through things. Some of the things that I have been through have ripped my heart out (it felt like it anyway) but I have persevered and now I count it all joy. Looking back, it's all joy! God uses some experiences to humble us, but it's worth counting as all joy. God uses some experiences to grow our patience, it's all JOY. JOY! JOY! JOY!

So, I'm encouraged and looking forward to the last night of the revival. I am counting it all joy - Joy in Jesus!