The pursuit of Joy!
I think sometimes we think Joy should just be with us naturally, but the Joy that comes from God isn't natural. Its supernatural. This type of Joy is something that is too be found! We met an awesome but broken man over the weekend. He told me, he lost his Joy.. I was quickened by the Holy Spirit to pray over him.. so I did.. I prayed that he would find that Joy that comes from God, and that He would see God everywhere because that is where you find Joy. I prayed that Joy overflows out of him. You find this Joy when you are in pursuit of God! Its a pursuit of being in the places that He dwells. That is where you find Joy! You find Joy in the realm where God is! You wont find it in this world.. You will never find that type of Joy! You will only find happiness, happiness that disappears when your life doesn't go the way you want it! Then we blame God for the lack of our unhappiness! Yet we forget to realize that God is eternal! The things of Him are eternal, and they last forever! Happiness is of this world is only temporary yet we still blame Him!
Joy lasts forever because you can only find it in God! I pray that in this season if you have no Joy, that you take the steps to pursue God harder than you ever have before! You will find Him! You find everything that He promises to His children, one of them is Joy! "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Pursue God, Don't Relent!
I think sometimes we think Joy should just be with us naturally, but the Joy that comes from God isn't natural. Its supernatural. This type of Joy is something that is too be found! We met an awesome but broken man over the weekend. He told me, he lost his Joy.. I was quickened by the Holy Spirit to pray over him.. so I did.. I prayed that he would find that Joy that comes from God, and that He would see God everywhere because that is where you find Joy. I prayed that Joy overflows out of him. You find this Joy when you are in pursuit of God! Its a pursuit of being in the places that He dwells. That is where you find Joy! You find Joy in the realm where God is! You wont find it in this world.. You will never find that type of Joy! You will only find happiness, happiness that disappears when your life doesn't go the way you want it! Then we blame God for the lack of our unhappiness! Yet we forget to realize that God is eternal! The things of Him are eternal, and they last forever! Happiness is of this world is only temporary yet we still blame Him!
Joy lasts forever because you can only find it in God! I pray that in this season if you have no Joy, that you take the steps to pursue God harder than you ever have before! You will find Him! You find everything that He promises to His children, one of them is Joy! "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Pursue God, Don't Relent!
