What Brings Me Such Joy [5/11/12]

Hello hello! I'll be filling in today for Kjoo. I'm Z.

I honestly do not know what to write about tonight. I'll just let the holy spirit guide me through this...

What has been on my mind lately is how it brings me such joy to do the works of God, to be with the people of God, and to discuss the things of God. I realized while going to work the other day that my true joy does not come from the things of this world which seem so minuscule and dainty, but rather from being with God and worshipping him by myself or with others.

I was mindlessly walking through Rideau Centre (to get to my destination) the other day and realized that I was unhappy when I wasn't living out the kind of life that God wants from me. I felt like I was empty when my mind was not on God and my focus was not on him but on other things. I realized I desire the life he wants me to live, and I desire to be with him constantly without cease. I came to see that I would be truly unhappy without living for God's Kingdom as my main purpose in life. If I didn't have God's vision in my heart as my life's main purpose, I would be fulfilling the desires of my heart first while pushing down God's purpose further down the list. This would inevitably cause a nagging feeling of unfulfillment in my heart, and therefore bring about a peculiar unhappiness that would be hard to identify at first. It would only be a matter of time, though, until it (the unfulfillment) pokes at me with a shrewd smirk. I don't know why, but I think that any ambition/goal except God's purpose is futile. What is futile cannot produce true and unmitigated happiness. Perhaps this is why I fall into periods of such unhappiness in my life?

I've been experiencing more and more of joy from God recently. I find joy in my dialogues that contain much substance about God's character, might, and plans for the world and his people. I find happiness in acting out the words of God written in the living word. I delight in being with fellow children of God and sharing our struggles and triumphs which all seem to point directly to the heavens above.

God is the strength of my heart (Psalm 73:26). The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy! (Psalms 126:3) With that being said, let us all turn towards our loving Creator and Saviour. And "may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit"! (Romans 15:13)