The Chain Breaker Devotional by Zach WilliamsExemplo

# OLD CHURCH CHOIR I’ve got an old church choir singing in my soul I’ve got a sweet salvation and it’s beautiful I’ve got a heart overflowing cause I’ve been restored No, there ain’t nothing gonna steal my joy No, there ain’t nothing gonna steal my joy We have been delivered! He has saved us from death! We have a freedom that’s been given to us through grace, and when we’re in a state of gratitude, nothing can steal our joy because we have been restored. > Because your love is better than life, > my lips will glorify you. > I will praise you as long as I live, > and in your name I will life up my hands. > I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; > with singing lips my mouth will praise you. – Psalm 63:3-5 When Jesus ascended into heaven on the third day, the world was restored.  God is in the business of taking the broken and the imperfect and making it perfect again in His eyes. He sacrificed to make it happen, but He’s rejoicing because it means we get to spend eternity with Him. That is worth celebrating! There’s no use mourning over our broken pasts because that’s not our reality anymore. We can’t let that steal our joy. It’s biblical to rejoice—there are countless examples of this in scripture—and as believers, we are meant to look to scripture as the guideposts for our lives. This is not discounting that life can be difficult and that there will be trials, but when the trials have gone, let them stay dead in the past and allow yourself to celebrate and revel in your freedom. Prayer: Lord, You are the restorer. Thank You for saving me! Thank You for the fact that celebration and rejoicing are not only allowed but encouraged in Your Word. You are a good God and I am grateful. Amen.