Having joy in your life!

This really may sound over the top to some people and maybe it is. Maybe I’m waaaay out in left field. No matter, this is how I choose to live my life in Christ. On any given day, I find myself being consumed with desire to know more, to experience more and communicate more, with and about my God, my Lord and my Savior. I don’t have a lot of outside interests. I’ve been told and admit that I don’t have a life, outside of Christ. There’s a lot of things that I like to do and there’s one thing, that I really like to do. That’s to be around people that love God and love to talk about Jesus. That is my joy! I thank God that my fishing partner is a Christian, because I get the best in life, all at once when we go fishing.
For the most part, our lives are mundane. When I look at all the great men and women of God, in the Bible, we’re seeing them in just short glimpses of their lives. When they weren’t being used mightily of God, guess what? They lived mundane lives just like us. I hear people say all the time, that they want to see a move of God in their lives, or in lives of their children, in their church or wherever. Well guess what? If you want to see a move of God, the only way your going to see it, is to be apart of it. We have to put ourselves, into a position to be used of God and then we will see a move of God through our own lives. I really get geeked (I never thought I’d use a word like that, but it expresses how I feel), when I hear about someone being healed or someone being delivered from a life controlling substance or lifestyle. God is moving He’s doing stuff in peoples lives. God desires to do great things in people’s lives everyday, every minute of the day. But, who will go? Me, me, me, use me, send me Lord! But, we’re all caught up in the mundane, the day to day grind of life. We’re beat down and beat up. We sometimes don’t know which end is up. There is no joy in living like that. God is saying to us in a still small voice, “I have someone with a need”, “I have something for YOOU to do”, Will you go? But with the loud music blaring, the world drawing us in every direction, we miss an opportunity to see God move in another individual’s life by our own hand. Yes, by your own hand. Why do you think He gave you two of them for? We miss the Joy. I don’t like to miss out. I don’t want to miss out. That’s why Joy is a choice. You can be where God is or where God wants you to be, or you can be doing something else and miss out. I love my T-Group, Sunday Mornings, Sunday evenings, Wednesday night, Thursday morning prayer (when I can go), did I say I loved T-Group? Yes, you probably figured it out by now, I’m freaked out on Jesus. Someday I’ll tell you why I’m this way. It might surprise you.
My Mom wasn’t a Christian until the last days of her life. She couldn’t understand why I was the way I was, and still am about my faith in Christ. She used to tell me that I would wear my welcome out with my friends, because we were always together everyday. Well, in the natural, that may be true. But in Christ, we have a friend that is closer than a brother. He will never leave us, or forsake us. After what He has done for me, I’m sticking to Him like glue. To have the joy, like God wants me to have, I can’t have a casual, relationship with Him. I know He wants all of me, so I want as much of Him as I can get. You can have as much of God as you want. Stop and think for a minute. Do I have all of God that I want? Do you think you have enough? If you don’t have joy in your life, I can tell you right now, you don’t have enough of Jesus. I still need more.
Here’s a thought for you who think you can stay at home and serve God. Jesus said that wherever two or more are gathered in his name, He will be in their midst. Husbands and wives only count as one. That’s one of God’s goofy math things. You are a vital part of His body. You are in need of the body, as much as being needed by the body of Christ. Why? So your joy may be full. There is no better way to get joy and keep your joy, than to be around Gods people and see Him work in their lives and yours. I hope you all fine the joy and peace that passes all understanding. See you at a gathering!