lately I have been meditating a lot on the word 'joy'.
in prayer time, in ways I do not understand, I learn that when we come in humility before the Lord, we find an explicable joy as we find ourselves drowning in His love.
when we set aside our concern for the lacks,
when we set aside our fear for the unknowns,
when we take time to simply abide in His love, and allow Him to abide in us,
that's when His joy becomes our joy. And our joy becomes complete.
and it occurs to me that Christ, even now,
is rejoicing all the time over us!
He rejoices for two reasons.
He rejoices because He knows that He Has Conquered the World.
It is Done. It is FINISHED.
The battle was won. it was game over for the dark side.
Nothing could've undone His work on the cross.
in our eyes, it seems like a never ending battle against sin.
it seems like an ever changing destiny, where one day we feel like we are heaven-bound and the other day, we are not so sure.
But in Jesus' eyes, our destiny is already sealed by His blood.
He is here to once again, triumphantly, declares,
"It is Finished!"
And another thing that He rejoices over,
is the much waited reunion with His beloved.
the friend and bride He fought and died for.
A reunion for eternity.
The closer we are to the reunion, the greater His joy is.
And the louder He shouts,
"I am coming soon!!"
The world may be filled with anxiety over the uncertain economy and the looming war here and there.
But up there, He has nothing but joyful expectation for the day He returns to us.
What a Glorious Day it will be.
This is the joy of the Lord.
the joy that devil will have no way to kill, steal, and destroy.
And when this joy invades and saturates our entire being,
it will become our strength.
Such that we will count it all joy when we are faced with trials.
Such that we will count it all loss, every achievement we have in the past.
There is so much to learn.
There is so much to be joyful about.
in prayer time, in ways I do not understand, I learn that when we come in humility before the Lord, we find an explicable joy as we find ourselves drowning in His love.
when we set aside our concern for the lacks,
when we set aside our fear for the unknowns,
when we take time to simply abide in His love, and allow Him to abide in us,
that's when His joy becomes our joy. And our joy becomes complete.
and it occurs to me that Christ, even now,
is rejoicing all the time over us!
He rejoices for two reasons.
He rejoices because He knows that He Has Conquered the World.
It is Done. It is FINISHED.
The battle was won. it was game over for the dark side.
Nothing could've undone His work on the cross.
in our eyes, it seems like a never ending battle against sin.
it seems like an ever changing destiny, where one day we feel like we are heaven-bound and the other day, we are not so sure.
But in Jesus' eyes, our destiny is already sealed by His blood.
He is here to once again, triumphantly, declares,
"It is Finished!"
And another thing that He rejoices over,
is the much waited reunion with His beloved.
the friend and bride He fought and died for.
A reunion for eternity.
The closer we are to the reunion, the greater His joy is.
And the louder He shouts,
"I am coming soon!!"
The world may be filled with anxiety over the uncertain economy and the looming war here and there.
But up there, He has nothing but joyful expectation for the day He returns to us.
What a Glorious Day it will be.
This is the joy of the Lord.
the joy that devil will have no way to kill, steal, and destroy.
And when this joy invades and saturates our entire being,
it will become our strength.
Such that we will count it all joy when we are faced with trials.
Such that we will count it all loss, every achievement we have in the past.
There is so much to learn.
There is so much to be joyful about.
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