Prophetically,
the month of June has been named to us “Our Month of Laughter” drawing from
Psalm 126:1-2. That text of scripture tells us:
When the
LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Then was
our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they
among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
All
through history, whenever God does great things for people, the result is
rejoicing and laughter overflowing in thanksgiving and praise. A study of the
books of the Old and New Testaments would disclose this very important truth
to us.
In
the book of Genesis 21, we are made to understand that when God turned the
captivity of Sarah’s bareness such that she was able to procreate after
menopause, her response was laughter when the promise was made and God
humorously named the child Isaac which is translated “laughter”.
In
the case of Hannah the mother of Samuel in 1Sam.1 and 2, when God turned her
captivity of bareness and delivered her from the constant taunts of her rival,
it was greeted with rejoicing and laughter by her which set her into a singing and
sacrificial mode in gratitude and the ever faithful God blessed her with five
more children to honor her integrity in giving up Samuel the miracle child as a
Nazarite to the Lord.
In
the New Testament, concerning Elizabeth who had been written off to die barren,
God visited her and turned her captivity, and many came and rejoiced with her
on the victorious delivery of her son – John the Baptist!
All
these accounts signify one thing in Common, God caused people to be victorious
over circumstances that earlier held them captive with reproach and unfulfilled
longings. The result was that they laughed and rejoiced. In fact in Exodus 14
& 15 when God delivered Israel from Pharaoh and the Egyptian army through
the red sea and sank the latter in the sea, it was greeted by God’s people with
singing and rejoicing!
I
don’t know what area you desire to see God give
you victory but I want to assure you that this month of laughter, God is
set to dry all your tears by making you victorious over the cause of the tears
and fill your mouth with laughter and cause you to sing a new song – a song of victory.
However, we must understand that the extent of victory
we can enjoy is faith limited because if we must receive anything from God, we
could only do so by faith. This is why God has led me to teach on faith this
month. We are therefore going to be looking at the meaning and qualities of faith
and how to cultivate and release faith for victory.
If you are reading this article and you are yet to
make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, you can do so right away to enable you
partake of this blessing. Say the following prayer out loud in faith and you
shall be saved:
Heavenly father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. I repent of my sin and receive the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary’s cross for my salvation. I believe He
died for me and on the third day, you raised Him from the dead for my
salvation. From today, I receive Him as the Saviour and Lord of my Life.
Thank you father for forgiving me and writing my name in the book
of life with the blood of Jesus. I pledge allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ
from this day forever in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen!!!
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