*THE JOY OF THE LORD & SURPRISING FAITHFULNESS*
Psalm 57:8
*”Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.”*
Your heavenly father and mine heavenly father made everything in this world 🌎 for us to enjoy, knowing fully well that *only the joy of The Lord is our strength.*
Living for God and being joyful through life are not 2 parallel lines. *It is only one lane. God created us to glorify Him by enjoying Him and His creations.*
He loves ❤️ us unconditionally. That’s why He paid the greatest price for us on the cross. He did this so that we might believe in His love and draw closer to His heart. *Only when we rest in His love that we rest from our struggles.*
Resting in His faithfulness and living His righteousness that only Him can live is what makes us right before God. A righteous man or woman is surrounded by favor like a shield.
Eternity is bliss.
God desires for us to experience joy in His creation. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 says,
” *I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.* That each of them may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all their toil— *this is the gift of God.”*
*It is a misconception to think that being miserable makes one more spiritual.* Instead, God’s joy is our strength, as stated in Nehemiah 8:10, *”Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”*
*Living in His joy is a testament to our faith and trust in Him.*
Christ life is a surprising faithfulness that The Father of Glory kept in us for Eternity.
Loving ❤️ God and enjoying our walk 🚶♂️ 🚶♂️ with Him is the pathway and the journey that is above and beyond sin.
It is Him 👉 we are to look to and keep looking to. Religion may have taught otherwise, but only Christ is worthy to be looked upon every day of our journey here on earth, knowing fully well that Him whom we look upon, we reflect.
Rejoice and again I say Rejoice. I love ❤️ you because The Father Himself loves you much more. Stay lifted.
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*HYMN:*
I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.