Monday, March 9, 2009

joy comes from a greater joy

Certain joy comes only by sharing the Good News with others.
Some believers have never been taught how to do it.
They have a greater tendency to be self-centered and depressed
in their life. There is no joy.
Jesus sent out seventy disciples two by two into
every city where he himself was about to go.(Luke 10:1)
The seventy returned with joy.
They experienced the authority of Jesus’ message.
They got excited about Evangelism.
Jesus redirected their focus a little bit by pointing out that
there is even a greater reason for our joy, the security of
our salvation, “Your names are written in heaven”.
I’m sure that there are moments like that in every believers life,
when the seemingly only reason to rejoice is the fact that
we are saved.
“Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock might be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls-
Yet , I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Habakkuk 3:17-18
Joy comes by sharing this joy with others.
A soul-winner is a happy person.

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