When you serve the purpose of the season in your life, joy will find you.
Many of our cultural concepts of happiness are really just self-help. Nothing more than
individualistic and ambition oriented delusion, dressed up in christian cliches. Do you know
why the word of the Lord was rare back in old testament times? It was rare because the Lord
of the word had become common. Remember Hophni and Phinehas from the book of Samuel? Exactly
my point. The culture we live in today has us thinking that what God says is negotiable. So
the question becomes, why should we feel joy? Did we accomplish what He asked of us?
The truth is, if your not dead God is not done, and He will not use anything you don't already
have. However, the problem is us. We live in a time when we choose to give up our assignment
for the sake of comfort. Its amazing how quickly we forget what worse was like.
You want to feel joy? Then get back to your assignment. Repent! And repent does not
mean to come out in front of the church and confess your wrongs. I am continuously amazed
how many christians don't understand for themselves but choose to buy into what religious
moms and dads taught. Repent, is a derivative it comes from two words. "Re", which means to go back and
do it again and "pent" which means confined or mused in thought. Basically, go back and think about it again.
Re-think it. God uses this word in the bible over and over.
Yes, it's really that simple. Just start over if you must. Or do you spend your days hoping for some sort of
social status? Swiping away in dating apps in pursuit of an imaginary version of the future that you wouldn't
know what to do with anyway? Practically, if you think it might be God then get back into position, and He
will call again. The devil is scared of these words, he is scared of the website your on because it may get
you to wake up and start thinking. This would destroy all of his lies that he's been feeding you since you
were born. He believes in you more than you believe in yourself.
You got this. Always remember that investigating your emotions should not delay your assignment. The
devil did not invent the desert. The desert is something we must all go through to get to the promised
land. God doesn't want to be on your side He wants you on His side but in order for that to happen you
will have to give up being your own god. Pastor Steven Furtick said it well, "The human brain is amazing,
but God did not design it to look at other peoples lives all day". So focus on your path, joy and significance
await.