Have
you had your Joy Juice today? Each part
of you can enjoy the fruit of joy.
According
to Priscilla Shirer in her book Discerning the Voice of God, she writes:
“’You’ includes three
parts. Your spirit allows contact
with the spiritual realm. Your soul
allows you access to your emotions and mind. Your body relates with the physical realm through the five senses.
As you yield to and obey the Holy Spirit’s leading in your life, He conforms
your soul to the image of Christ and uses your body as the instrument to carry
out His purpose.”
Let’s
think about this in the context of JOY in the LORD! Remember the passage in
Galatians 5:22-23 that talks the fruit of the Spirit. When our spirit
connects with the Holy Spirit, we have access to the fruit of love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self-control. That’s the “spirit” part. Our soul allows us to emote and enjoy the
feelings that come with the fruit of the spirit….one of which, of course is
JOY. Then our body gets involved and
we can physically display that “fruit”, as well as share it with others by
serving.
A spirit of joy + a soul of joy + a body of
joy = God’s purpose….which is to glorify Him!
May we each strive to be transformed into
joyful spirits, souls and bodies who will spread the joy of the Lord everywhere
we go.
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