One of satan’s biggest devices is to try and spoil the believer’s joy. He wants you to be all sad and gloomy, so he goes out there to try and bring about some evil events to steal your joy and rob you of your peace. No wonder the Bible calls him a thief whose primary ministry is to steal, kill, and destroy – thank God for Jesus who came so that you may have abundant life and joy. Amen (John 10:10).

Since we have Christ as our true and only source of Joy, we can boldly claim the joy of the Lord as our strength. Our joy is not dependent on anything man or flesh may give but on the Lord Jesus Christ.

No matter what you are going through, you can be confident in the fact that God is to turn your mourning into dancing and weeping into Joy. Praise the Lord! (Isaiah 61:3).

In our text and reading of the day, we saw the joy that resulted in the hearts of the Jews when God turned the plot of their enemy over and delivered them. Rather than being wiped off, God turned what could have been a scene of slaughter into an arena of unspeakable joy and celebration.