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NASB | Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Nehemiah 8:10 Then Ezra said to them, "Go [your way], eat the rich festival food, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be worried, for the joy of the LORD is your strength and your stronghold." |
Subject: What is the joy of the Lord |
Bible Note: Hi, Daisymae... The focus is on the experience of the workers, not the Lord's experience. Nehemiah is speaking to the workers. J. Hudson Taylor wrote on this topic, "It is not for God’s glory that His service should be, or should appear to be, a toilsome slavery, wearing out the life and the joy of those engaged in it. On the contrary, the Lord’s people should always, with tell-tale faces, be unconsciously proclaiming that His service is a service of freedom, that the joy of the Lord is their strength, that He leads His own by right paths, and that He glorifies His own great Name in them, and through them continually. May the Lord give us all the joy of realizing that for His own Name’s sake, that for His own credit’s sake, He will renew our strength as we wait upon Him." In Him, Doc |
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