God wants you to rejoice where you are blessed and also when you are facing a trial. Acts 16:25-26 tells us "Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to it's foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains flew off of every prisoner."
There are two important things to note here. First, they were rejoicing while in prison. They were able to praise God in the most inconvenient or circumstances. Second, the faithful work of a few brought blessing to those directly around them.
We can complain about the cards we have been dealt in life, or we could choose to be like Paul. Philippians 4:11-12 writes "I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little."
It is always easier to live the "Godly life" when things are going well, but how often do we ruin our witness when life turns for the worst? Thankfully, when we act in an ungodly way, there is grace and mercy for us all. "Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begun afresh each morning" -Lamentations 3:23. So, when things are going as planned, are you going to praise God from the prison, or feel sorry for yourself?
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