No silly, I don’t mean when you’re high. I mean when you're done with lame livin'. I mean there is a high so to speak.. that’s far better than some drug or drink kinda high. Been there, done that. I know and wanna show.
I'm talking about life in relationship with the Most High.
Been a weird time here this 2020, a year of chaos, of anxieties, rioting, looting.. a time of false news, of confusion, of fears, of small people and businesses sadly dying off, and of political rangeling (and I’ve done my fair share of that. Hah!). It’s time now to experience firsthand the power of the Most High..for a purpose. Yep, His purpose for you.
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I was born -- I awoke and saw that life was service in the Son. Twice born, not always easy to explain. I acted and behold, service was JOY, but not just service the waiting time is too. There’s JOY in Jesus.
When I lived in Europe I would sometimes take a train through the Principality of Liechtenstein (auf Deutsch/German das ist: Fürstentum) and when the flag was up flying in the sky the king of Liechtenstein was in residence there. So, how can people passin’ through tell if the King of kings is at residence in you and me? Real JOY!
Joy is the flag flown high
From the castle of my heart
From the castle of my heart
From the castle of my heart
Joy is the flag flown high
From the castle of my heart
When the King is in residence there
So let it fly in the sky (everywhere you go)
Let the whole world know
Let the whole world know
Let the whole world know
(So) let it fly in the sky
Let the whole world know
That the King is in residence there.
Like The Sun You Can Rise Again. Like The Son You Can Be Live Filled With Joy, And You Can Be Physically Resurrected Too.
He Wants To Be Trusted, Worshipped, Known, Followed And Enjoyed As Well. That’s Abundant Life. Fellowship And Eternal Life Can Begin Now And Be Enjoyed Non-Stop. Sin Doesn’t Need To Mess It Up.
If you can’t remember the very day that you were born again spiritually, then you probably haven’t been. Some don’t remember the day, but most do. Come to Christ as you are.. as you are and willing to be changed.. willing to cooperate with His Holy Spirit working within you.
Let’s get that nailed down in your mind and heart -- this assurance of free and full forgiveness. Turn, trust and ask for this cleansing. He will forgive you today. The Bible says...
"Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.." 1 John 5:12-14
“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” ― A.A. Milne
Let Christ in, turn, trust and in invite Him in instead.
Remember how the Jews asked Jesus about this new liberty.. “’We are Abraham’s descendants’...“We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?’ Jesus replied, ‘Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:33-36
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:12-13
When your passion for the Lord becomes greater than your passion for sin.. even for some beloved pet sin..then you will glorify God and experience JOY in the Son!
Are you a happy person? Admit to God that you're a sinner and put your faith in Jesus as your Savior. God has promised to meet our every need, so why look to this corrupt world to do that? Look away to Him!
I'm talking about salvation, justification and sanctification here. I'm talking about the Jesus of the Bible who rose from the dead and was seen by over 500 eyewitnesses! Have you been depressed or down without hope? Have you experienced being bored, down, sad or unhappy? Let's see that fixed in this New Year.. even now. See ya 2020 and 2021 is now upon us.
Come as ya are. Now is good. Don’t put it off until later cuz it’s the most important decision that you’ll ever make. He frees. He made me loathe what I used to love, and love what I used to loathe (worship, prayer, the Bible etc.) -- man, wish I could adequately describe this JOY of fellowship that I feel inside! Come to..come back to Him now. He's the God of second chances and He'll give you a second chance in Christ.
It doesn't matter what you started last year and somehow failed to accomplish, you can start over. Need a second chance? He's called the start over God.
In 2020, though God didn't create Covid or any sickness or disease.. it's kinda like God has hit the pause button so we can pause and start over again. So we can get right. Yes, our God is a start over God. He made this world so that every 24 hours we start a new day. And every seven days we start a new week and every 4 or 5 weeks we start a new month, and every 365 days we start a new year. God could have run all that time together without any breaks for us to really pause and think, but He didn't do that. Jesus came into this world so that we could start over clean. And when we follow this Jesus Christ the Bible.. old things pass away and behold all things become new in Him. This could be your defining moment as we start a new year.. when you start over filled with JOY totally forgiven.
"Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Luke 15:10
You can start over, have a second chance at life. You too can experience real joy. Ongong. Is it always easy without any suffering this righteous life -- you know, like some cake walk whatever that is? Nope, but there's no better life.
"My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed." Psalm 71:23
"Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2
"More than that, we also reJOYice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." Romans 5:11 #emph.mine
Have you been caught up in the frenzy of the lights of the season and can't see the Light of the world? Christ. Why be lost in the frenetic frenzy, distractions, busyness and fatigue?
Happiness often is based on what is happening around us. When bad things are happening we say we are unhappy, and when good things are happening we say we're happy.
It's been said.. there are two major reasons for unhappiness in this world today.
- One of them is not getting what you want...
- And the other one is getting what you want.
Turn trust believe..invite Christ in and let him be Lord. The promises of God found in the Bible are not for underlining (though that's what I like to do, not a bad thing), they are for believing. For God so loved the world that He gave us His sinless Son.
Other temporal things, people, and activities can't fill that hollow void in your heart to satisfy you. Let God fill that hungry vacuum in your life.
Happy are the people who sins are forgiven.
