Have you had your JOY JUICE today? When we faithfully drink in the JOY of the
Lord, we will have no reason to worry and fret!
"Nothing kills joy any faster than worry," writes Kay Warren in her book, Choose JOY. And as we worry, we erect walls around
our heart to protect ourselves from being hurt.
Someone once said: “When we are worrying, we are not trusting! And when
we’re trusting, we’re not worrying.”
Matthew 6:34
tells us: So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow
too. Live one day at a time. (TLB)
When problems
arise…and they do come to all of us…the temptation is to focus our energy and
attention on the problem. We replay the
situation over and over again in our mind, trying to come up with a
solution. We stress and worry and fret
and fuss until we have allowed the problem to overshadow every other aspect of
our lives. We are gazing at the problem
and only glancing at God.
Shouldn’t
it be the other way around? Remember
that God is always there for us. He
knows the answer to our problem. Why do
we doubt Him? He is the “Red Sea” God who can part the waters of our dilemma with
a single breath! And he may choose to do just that…or He will give us the
strength to face the problem and the wisdom to work through it. IF we turn our attention, or focus, to HIM!
As Kay
Warren tells us: “Lack of trust chokes
joy out of our hearts because of the unnecessary walls we have allowed
ourselves to build.”
Don’t worry, be trusting!
Gaze upon the Lord as you glance at your problem. He wants to pour out His joy
into your life!
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