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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Say 'YES' to God and Be Joyful!



            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Drink in the BEST serving!

 How often are you asked to do something and you know it’s a good thing, but you are overwhelmed with all the other responsibilities in your life! It’s hard for some of us to say NO, because we don’t want to disappoint anyone.  Many times we begrudgingly say yes and then are resentful of having to fulfill that obligation.   

            There are times when we DO need to say “no”.  Lysa TerKeurst in her newest book The Best Yes,  reminds us that we have all kinds of choices in life. Many of them…good!   But if we are not careful, we will say “yes” to so many good things, that we will miss God’s “best yes” for us.  We should be prayerful and careful to ask God  for wisdom before we give an answer to our many invitations.  Lysa writes: “In God’s plan, you’ve got  a part to play. If you know it and believe it, you’ll live it.  You’ll live your life making decisions with the ‘Best Yes’ as your best filter.  Your wisdom will help you make decisions that will still be good tomorrow.”

            Proverbs 3:13 says “Blessed is the man who finds wisdom.”  May we pray, asking God for wisdom and discernment to be able to say “Yes” to the God-things and NO to even good things…if they not what God has led us to do. Be a God pleaser, instead of a people pleaser!  As Elisabeth Elliot writes: “The greatest JOY in all the world is obeying Christ by serving others.” 

Before answering YES to the good things, ask God to show you His "BEST YES"!  That will lead to a calmer, more productive and joy-filled life!






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