So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. Psalm 105:43(NLT)
God brought Israel out of Egypt where they were in bondage, and suffering with joy. The Hebrew word for Egypt – mistrayim means double straits. This means to be besieged, shut in, confined. The Israelites were in a state and place of confinement, limitation, hostility and distress. But they came out with joy.Are you in double straits – a situation where you’re hemmed in on all sides and there’s no way out? Joy is the way out. At Philippi the prison doors opened and the chains on everyone in the prison were loosed supernaturally as Paul and Silas rejoiced in singing to the Lord – Acts 16:25-26.Later Paul writes to the church at Philippi that was born out of that supernatural prison break that “rejoice in the Lord” – Philippians 4:4. For with joy we are always out.Where there’s joy the prison doors of confinement and limitation are opened and the chains of bondage and distress are loosed.