You have turned my mourning into dancing for me: You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30:11

Are you a glad, happy person? Do you have joy most of the time? Would you consider yourself joyful in most circumstances?

If you can answer these questions, do you realize you are frustrated and sad more that glad? It may be time to change. Maybe you do no truly understand the great benefits of joy. Joy is to our lives like gasoline is to an engine. Without gasoline, the engine will not run. Without joy, human beings don’t run well either. If we do not have joy, everything is “down”-negative, dreary, flat and tasteless. Our thoughts are negative, our attitudes are negative, our emotions are depressed. and even our heads, shoulders and arms hang down.

Jesus did not die to give us “down” lives. He is our glory and the lifter of our heads. (Psalm 3:3) He is full of joy (John 17:13), and He wants us to be people of joy. The above scripture tells us that the Lord turns our mourning into dancing and the He clothes us with joy. According to Nehemiah 8:10, the joy of the Lord is our strength. Joy can give us physical energy, and it provides the zeal and enthusiasm we need in our lives. CHOOSE joy today!