We Will Be Glad and Rejoice in Thee
We are called to rejoice in the Lord and find joy and happiness in His presence, which is the source of our comfort and bliss.
The preacher, F.B. Meyer, emphasizes the importance of humility, illustrating how pride can hinder spiritual growth and how true humility involves submitting to God's will, serving others, and accepting divine discipline. He highlights the need to recognize the claims of those older and superior, to serve one another, and to accept God's hand in life's circumstances. Meyer encourages seeking a true estimate of oneself, looking at the good in others, accepting divine discipline, and claiming the humility of Jesus as examples to cultivate humility.
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We will be glad and rejoice in Thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of gladness. "O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of our salvation." We, the called and faithful and chosen, we will drive away our griefs, and set up our banners of confidence in the name of God. Let others lament over their troubles, we who have the sweetening tree to cast into Marah's bitter pool, with joy will magnify the Lord.
Eternal Spirit, our effectual Comforter, we who are the temples in which Thou dwellest, will never cease from adoring and blessing the name of Jesus. We WILL, we are resolved about it, Jesus must have the crown of our heart's delight; we will not dishonour our Bridegroom by mourning in His presence. We are ordained to be the minstrels of the skies, let us rehearse our everlasting anthem before we sing it in the halls of the New Jerusalem. We will BE GLAD AND REJOICE: two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness.
Need there be any limit to our rejoicing in the Lord even now? Do not men of grace find their Lord to be camphire and spikenard, calamus and cinnamon even now, and what better fragrance have they in heaven itself? We will be glad and rejoice IN THEE. That last word is the meat in the dish, the kernel of the nut, the soul of the text. What heavens are laid up in Jesus! What rivers of infinite bliss have their source, ay, and every drop of their fulness in Him! Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, Thou art the present portion of Thy people, favour us this year with such a sense of Thy preciousness, that from its first to its last day we may be glad and rejoice in Thee. Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.
Sermon Outline
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We Will Rejoice in the Lord
- Driving Away Grief and Setting Up Confidence
- Magnifying the Lord with Joy
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The Lord as Our Comforter and Bridegroom
- Adoring and Blessing the Name of Jesus
- Being Ordained to Be Minstrels of the Skies
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The Limitless Joy in the Lord
- Finding the Lord to be Camphire and Spikenard
- Experiencing Infinite Bliss in Jesus
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A Year of Gladness in the Lord
- Favouring Us with a Sense of His Preciousness
- Opening the Year with Joy and Closing with Gladness
Key Quotes
“We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of gladness.” — C.H. Spurgeon
“We are ordained to be the minstrels of the skies, let us rehearse our everlasting anthem before we sing it in the halls of the New Jerusalem.” — C.H. Spurgeon
“We will BE GLAD AND REJOICE: two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness.” — C.H. Spurgeon
Application Points
- We should resolve to rejoice in the Lord and find joy in His presence every day.
- We should trust in the Lord and His promises to drive away our griefs and set up our banners of confidence.
- We should adore and bless the name of Jesus and recognize Him as our Bridegroom and Comforter.