May You Be Drenched in His JOYful Blessings!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today? God wants to drench you from head to toe with His abundant love and JOY!

            From an early age, we’re taught about “keeping score”.  In sporting events, the way to tell who wins the game is to keep score. In business, ledgers help to keep score of how the company is doing financially.  Families often make a list in order to keep track of chores. And in many relationships, sadly, some keep score of all the negatives.

            Because of our experience with “keeping score”, we sometimes have a skewed mindset of how God keeps track of whose turn it is to receive a blessing. Aren’t we glad that He does not work the same way we do?  He doesn’t have a bookkeeper angel who says: “WAIT, God, you already blessed him three times this week.”  Or “Pardon me, God, but don’t you think you’re over-blessing her?”

            God doesn’t set a quota for His goodness and blessing. We must never hesitate to go to our loving Father and present our requests to Him. I’m not talking about selfish requests….but prayers which indicate that we desire HIS BEST for us. (Just keep in mind that HIS best might not be a six figure income or a vacation in paradise!) If our heart is in tune with His heart, then we will ask for blessings according to his will.

            Listen to this verse from Malachi 3:10: “And try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

            Pull out your umbrella and put on your raincoat! Get ready to be drenched with blessings of JOY!