Jesus is a great giver. He gave us His peace. Not as the
world gives it, but only as He can. The world gives stuff temporarily and
usually with a price attached. In the world nothing’s free.
I downloaded a “free” program to help me unzip files. It
came with at least five additional programs that would do other useful things
to my computer. These additional programs had a price attached that if I hadn’t
been careful would have cost me far beyond the value of the “free” program.
Life does that. It dangles its advantages on the low
branches, failing to mention what that one bite is going to cost us big time in the
long-run.
And when life isn't draining me due to its cost, it’s shorting
me by giving me just enough to make me want more. Like trying to get someone
hooked on drugs, the first few are designed to take me captive to the supplier.
When we discover our Joy is already present in our lives, we
don’t have to look outside, toward people, places, things to find it. We merely
need to focus on the Giver and realize the Joy is in us.
Jesus doesn't give us stuff and then hide it to make a game
out of finding it. He places it in easy reach, on the shelf of our spirit,
where we can find it whenever we search for it with all our hearts.
It’s like keeping our books in a library. We know where to
look, but we have to go into the library to get them. Joy is within us, tied
directly to our relationship with Him. If I lack joy, I must go to Him. It will
always be there.
And since it comes from Him, the world doesn’t give it to me…and
the world can’t take it away.
Question: Been to the Joy spot within your spirit lately?
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