Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.

God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.

The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.