It is so important for us to surrender and live this life totally for God. When we do this we can get through anything that happens because we are living like Christ who is our perfect example.
It says “always be joyful” then continues to say “in all circumstances,” it does not say just when things are going good. We need to continually fill ourselves with the wisdom from God and let the Holy Spirit be a loud presence in us.
Verse 19 says, “Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.” To me that means I can’t clutter my heart with the stuff of this world that makes me second guess what the Spirit is showing me. When we are focused and filling ourselves with God’s wisdom the Holy Spirit is what we hear and feel first. When we are praying and thankful to God for all He has done we start to have that desire to learn and seek His truths, and we don’t just take peoples words to be right without checking them to God’s. This makes us grow and mature in our walk with the Lord and we can understand when we learning truth or not. Amen