Wed the 25th

Galatians 4: 15

 

¹⁵What has happened to all your joy? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

 

The first time Paul came to the Galatians he was sick. During that first trip the people were so filled with the love of Christ that they would have done anything to assist Paul…..even given their own eyes. Yet now he hears that the fire has cooled, so he asks what happened to all of your joy? This is the same thing that happens to many of us, so I ask you, what has happened to your joy? Have you fanned the flames of your joy to the point of consuming you, or have you, like the Galatians, let the outside world cool your soul to a bed of embers? It is easy to be filled with a sense of purpose, and be burning for the Lord when you first come to Him. Yet as the months and years go by it is easy to let the day to day of your life wear you down. One morning you wake up, and you find that you are back close to where you started. You have allowed your joy to be stolen. You are right back to kicking rocks down the road and wondering why you are here.

 

Only one person has control over your joy, and that is you. You decide the heights of your flame, or the coolness of your bed of coals. You make the choice everyday when you get it….will you live for yourself, or live for the Lord. I encourage everyone to live for the Lord. Put him first in your life, and you will see your joy return. Search Him out in prayer, knock the dust off your bible, and find where he belongs not jus tin your life over all, but in every moment of your day! You will get your Joy back, you will find that the harder you go after the Lord, the more He will reveal to you!

 

Peace,

Brian