Luke 15:6 (KJV) Be Happy God is Happy

Luke 15:6 (KJV)
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 

There are two parables where the subject calls on others to rejoice with them for their success. In the third parable this same rejoicing is had except we are given the account of the older son who refuses to rejoice.

Life is filled with people who, for whatever reason, cannot bring themselves to be happy for the successes of others.

This same can be said in the spiritual world. Some, usually those who see themselves as better than others, refuse or at least find it difficult and unnatural to rejoice

• When a backslider repents
• When a lost man is saved
• When a fallen one gets back up

There are a lot of reasons they may not rejoice in these successes

• Maybe they feel they ought to have more successes
• Maybe they don’t trust that the one recovered has truly gotten right
• Maybe they see their success as competing with their own
• Maybe they just don’t want them celebrating that someone is, in their eyes, being rewarded for failure

Whichever excuse we might have for not rejoicing in their success I propose a fix. That is to rejoice that God rejoices. If you are unable to rejoice with the one who has been lifted, then rejoice with the one who did the lifting.

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Luke 15:6 (KJV) Be Happy God is Happy

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