Have
you had your Joy Juice today? Don’t be
distracted from the things that bring you true joy in the Lord!
“Throughout the entire Old Testament, God
was calling His people back to Himself after they had chosen their own way over
His way. The children of Israel
encountered His holiness and supernatural power on many occasions, yet they
continued to go their own way. Scripture
gives very specific reasons why the Israelites repeatedly disobeyed God’s call. Satan uses the same tools today to keep you
and me from passionately pursuing God’s will.
If we can recognize these things and ask God to remove the power that
they have over us, then we can get busy doing the King’s work.”
These words were written by Priscilla
Shirer in her book entitled And We Are CHANGED! I hope they grab
your attention and speak to your heart as they did mine.
We know that God loves us. We know that we should obey Him and His call
on our life. But just as the Israelites,
we, too, repeatedly disobey Him. Maybe it’s because we are so busy and
distracted with other things! It may be that we have not made the decision to
trust God totally. Or it could be a problem of being too self-confident and we
think we can ‘do it ourselves’!
“True
spiritual transformation begins when we are willing to relinquish control of
what WE want. Then God is able to give us what HE wants” and ….you better
believe, that is always best!
May God
change our hearts from our selfish desires to wanting only what God knows will
bring the best kind of joy.
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