Be Joyful?! Why? It Doesn't Make Sense!!!

             Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Do you understand WHY you’re to drink it?

            Many times we don’t understand the “whys”….such as why that terrible thing happened to such good people.

            Dr. James Dobson has written a book entitled When God Doesn’t Make Sense. In his book, he uses Abraham as an illustration of a time when God didn’t make sense. "Abraham and Sarah were infertile, but God had promised Abraham that his descendants would be more than the stars in the sky. So Abraham trusted God, and God proved true by giving them a son even in their old age. Then, when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham again trusted Him and followed God’s instruction. Even when all the facts before him didn’t make sense, God simply asked Abraham to not waver… To put his trust in God’s promise. 

When everything in life is shaken, and makes no sense to us, God wants us to hold onto Him – to hold onto the promise that He will never leave us or forsake us. To hold onto the promise that He knows the plans He has for us – plans to prosper us, not to harm us, plans to give us hope and future (Jeremiah 29:11)."

            At times we have to PRACTICE JOY, even when we’re hurting…even when we don’t understand the “whys”.  

 Even when it seems that God isn’t making sense in your life, practice joy by trusting in Him.