Greetings:
I am sure many of you know someone, or maybe it's you, who seem to be seeking something that appears to be difficult to attain. It can be even harder to maintain without God.
I am talking about the pursuit of happiness or joy.
The Constitution of our blessed nation talks about 'the pursuit of happiness'.
I believe that's what everyone is after – being truly joyful. Some have confused temporary fun with this kind of happiness. The devil can be fun for a while, but he won't make you happy or give you real joy.
The reason for living for God after you get saved or 'born again' is the joy of our eternal salvation.
In Philippians 4:4 (NLT) it says, “Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again - rejoice!"
Nehemiah 8:10 tells us, “. . . the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
So if you want to be stronger - be happy. When you are weak and weary - be happy.
Every one of us has lost our joy at one time or another. When we get joyful God will move on us and through us. When we thankful we are joyful. When we are joyful we are thankful.
You can't drink joy out of a bottle, take a pill for it, or shoot it in a vain. You can't buy joy. It has to come from your heart and soul.
There are other joys in life, but if you and God aren't on good speaking terms, everything else is vanity. 'Things' are temporary, short lived, and disappointing.
The only thing that makes some people happy is having money and obtaining a lot of things. You know, a lot of material stuff that gets old, stops working, gets rusty and worn out.
When that happens they we want to throw it away and buy new stuff. Get close to God and all of that stuff really doesn't matter in the big picture of things.
If you don't have a tightly fastened connection with God, and His joy, all these other things will fail.
God says for each of us to get our joy back, and then we will be see what kind of good and lasting things will come our way.
Be blessed.
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