This morning found me searching for scriptures on joy. Mostly because I found myself feeling unhappy. Circumstances that come out of an imperfect world can often drag me down and cause my spirit to feel faint. One thing I found in my search for joy, is that real joy doesn't have anything to do with my circumstances (happiness is circumstantial)!
The actual definition of joy is: the emotion evoked by the prospect of possessing what you desire.
Joy is a by-product of my anticipation and hope! My hope is in the LORD....therefore I do have joy!
Maintaining hope can be tough. Especially when I am faced with the harsh realities of the tragically fallen world that I live in. Daily, it seems, my children come home with a plate-full of heavy burdens that come from simply "being in the world", and I myself bear witness to countless things in this world that break my heart. It's times like these that I wish I had the perfect solution to "fix" the many problems we face. But, it is by design that I do not have all the answers. I do know the One who does. His name is "El Roi" - He is the God who sees me - and He sees all things, everywhere. He is my hope......my only hope.
Habakkuk wrestled with lots of questions in his day. Questions of why heartbreaking things would go on and on around him in his society. Evil and perverse ways seemed to flourish and overcome the good.....sounds a lot like the world I live in.
Daily I am faced with evidence that this world, without a doubt, needs the transformation of heart that only Jesus Christ can give. I am an ambassador of my Savior - left here in this troubled world for the purpose of pointing the lost to my glorious, mighty God. To give them hope. A real and lasting kind of hope. I will look to Jesus because, in Him, I will never be shaken....for He fills me with JOY in His presence!
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