“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Psalms 118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Zechariah 3:9 For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
Psalms 84:10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Psalms 28:7-8 The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Isaiah 12:1-3 You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
2 Corinthians 8:2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
Finding joy, peace and rest can be like chasing the wind if we look for it apart from Jesus Christ. Yet it is hard yielding to laying it at His feet and solely trusting it to Him. It shouldn’t be but many times it is. We try to handle it in our own strength, ways, and quick fix solutions.
Yielding to His awesome love, power, might, wisdom, purpose, and plan all starts with trusting fully, without doubt, and faithfully waiting. Joy, peace, and rest cannot be found in self-reliance or looking to others. It is only found in a heart, mind, and soul yielded to and trusting in Jesus Christ.