Psalm 51:12 NLT
Restore to me
the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey
you.
Joy can be
something that we had in the past but isn’t thought about much any more. When Jesus became our Savior, we were full of
joy and excited about what is ahead. But
in the days since we allow the things of the world to push out the joy we had a
first.
Sometime ago I
heard a talk given about keeping your joy.
The points I share with you are from that talk, and honestly, I don’t
remember where I was or who shared. But
these things stick out in my mind. May
God use these to help us restore our joy.
5 ways to keep your joy.
1. Know who you are.
2. Know they you are forgiven.
3. Know that you are unique, blessed
and have potential.
4. Know you have an awesome future.
5. Know you make your Heavenly Father
smile.
Each of those
points is filling with possibilities that will change our lives. But hold on a minute. All of these points are already true. They are not something for the future. They are to be held and claimed today.
Isaiah 12:3 NLT
With joy you will drink deeply from the
fountain of salvation!
Know who you
are. You and I are God’s kids. He first made us, and then God bought us
through the gift and sacrifice of His son on the cross. That is where forgiveness comes in to play
because God forgave our sins past, present and future.
Habakkuk 3:18 NLT
yet I will
rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful
in the God of my salvation!
Our potential is
fulfilled in the fact that we are unique.
Ephesians 1:3 says we are blessed with “every spiritual blessing” from
God. Our real potential is endless.
After all,
what gives us hope and joy, and
what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!
That last verse is
what puts the smile on God’s face. That
is you and me. God loves us with all
that he is. We make God smile as we live
for him. That gives me loads of joy and
excitement to live even more for Him.
Take the verse we
began with … restore my joy … make me
willing … To be willing to do God’s will opens up the possibilities for
even more joy. That has a prerequisite
of wanting more of God and thinking less about me or us.
Joy is a big
deal. I need more of it. How about you?
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