Summertime – How Great!!!
Everyone seems happy -
Happy to be out of School,
Happy for that vacation about to come,
Happy to be outdoors,
Happy for Ice Cream, swimming, boating,
There is a difference in Happiness and Joy. Happiness is determined by our circumstances and Joy comes from within. Happiness is temporal; have you ever noticed someone or possible yourself that you began in Happiness but lost it during the course of the day. Happiness seems to be controlled by our circumstances and emotions.
Psalms 30:5b weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Joy comes from knowing our sins have been washed away by the Blood of Jesus Christ and we have Eternal Life. What more could we want? What Joy that brings! That Joy continues to flow in all life’s confusion. It is Eternal!
The Bible says in Nehemiah 8:10 – {The Joy of the Lord is our Strength.}
We can remain in His Joy because we remember all He has done for us. Give God the Praise for not only saving us but keeping us.
Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
So there is no place in grumbling and complaining. That attitude gives the devil a place to come in and rob us of our joy.
Give God a place to work in you and through you.
John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
So, Keep the Joy of the Lord.
John 16:21-22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
