“This is the day which the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.”   Psalm 118:24
 
“Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.  For me to write the same things to you is not tedious but for you it is safe.”  Philippians 3:1
And in Philippians 4:4
“Rejoice in the Lord always and again I will say rejoice!”  
 
The realm of the Believer’s rejoicing:
In God’s salvation:
“This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”  Acts 4:11-12
 
In God’s protection:
“When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.”  Psalm 63:6-7
 
In God’s blessings,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.  Ephesians 1:3
 
Here I have to stop to rejoice in God Most High as I read the next few verses:
“just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.”  vs. 4-6
 
Like you, I have read this portion of Scripture (Ephesians 1) many times, but each time it grips my heart and I have to just keep reading, praising and rejoicing!
 
Let me request that you go to the Scripture to read and meditate on His most precious words to each of us.  He has a personal message today to all who will open their hearts and minds to our wonderful Lord.
 
Let us become so established in the Lord our God that should a time ever come as Habakkuk faced, that we can say,
“Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Through the labor of the olive may fail,
And the field yield no food; 
Though the flock be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls---
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.”  Habakkuk 3:17-18
 
BUT IT IS TODAY!
“This is the day which the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.”
 
As Paul says in Romans 12:1,
“I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”  
So let us do! 
 
As we gather today rejoicing together in our glorious Most High God, let our whole being be focused only on worshiping Him!  Amen
 
So we sing:
“We worship You, Almighty God,
There is none like You,
We worship You, Almighty God,
That is what we long to do.
 
We give You praise
For You are our righteousness.
We worship You, Almighty God,
There is none like You!”