Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
JOY.
So what is Joy? A feeling of great pleasure and happiness. Well at least that's what the dictionary says about it.
When you think of Joy what do you think about? Well, for me I think of being happy, having a smile on my face, just enjoying the moment.
So if that's what we think of when we think of joy. What in our lives gives us joy? That question can be answered tons of different ways. It all depends on you. Maybe it's your family. your friends, being on the football team, being in band, having people like you in school/work, ext. The list could go on and on.
But is that what we should put our joy in? Yes and no. Yes, we should be happy to do or have these things, but we should not put our joy in them. We are to find our joy in Christ. But do we do it? Well...that's up to you. I know it's really hard to. The world just distracts us with a bunch of other things, that we start to forget where our joy comes from.
This week I want to challenge you guys with something. Think about where your joy comes from. It can be anything, from something I said above or something else. Now after you think of that I want you to think why it gives you joy.
Because that is when our joy shifts from God to self. Take Singing for example, do you sing because people like it? You are getting popular from it? Or because God gave you a gift and you want to share it?
Now I'm not saying just because you are not finding joy in the right things, you have to stop doing it. I want you to try changing the way you think of these things. Find your joy in God with these things and see how it changes you.
Till next time
LiveTheTruth :)
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