Don’t Be Satisfied With A Joyless Life

Article written by Brother Bledsoe

“Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.”
John 17:13

If there is anything that ought to characterize the life of a Christian, it is joy! Jesus spoke many times to His disciples about His joy being complete and full in them. His disciples were filled with joy as they realized who they were: children of God and joint heirs with Christ. They had been dead in their sins but were now made alive in Christ. They had once been helpless victims of death, but now death had no hold over them. With such a marvelous salvation experience with Christ, how could the disciples be anything less than joyful?

Don’t deny yourself that which is your birthright as a child of God. Don’t be satisfied with a joyless life. There ought to be in every Christian a deep, settled fullness of the joy of Christ that no circumstance of life can dispel. This comes as you allow the Holy Spirit to express Himself in your life. One of the fruit of the Spirit is joy (Gal. 5:22). This joy is unlike any happiness that is produced by the world. It fills you and permeates everything you do.

Jesus did not pray that you would merely be happy or even that you would escape grief. He prayed that you would have the same joy that the Father had given Him: a divine joy, a joy that comes from a deep and unwavering relationship with the Father. It is a joy that is grounded so firmly in a relationship with God that no change in circumstances could ever shake it. This is the kind of joy that Christ is praying will be in you. (Borrowed–Experiencing God Day by Day)

The Word of God says that “the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Let God fill you with joy today. When you do your faith will grow. Have a blessed day as you walk with the Lord. Amen and amen.

Pastor Jim Bledose - Prayer ministry and weekly devotion author at Life Church in Phoenix
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