Good Thursday morning! What gives you joy? Many things can give a moment's pleasure. We can wish for other things that might seem to give the answer to our search for lasting happiness. There are more entertainment options in the world today than ever before and they can be imported almost instantly over the Internet or satellite from all over the world. But do any of them give us joy. Not just a little joy or happiness, but a lifelong abiding joy that is there even when we are hurting. I can always turn to God's word to find my joy again should I ever lose sight of it.
We enjoy many convenient ways to access the Bible these days. Could it be that God knows our time is short and that the Word is needed now more than ever? Send out the Word, one verse at a time if necessary, to your friends on social media. Give the Word as a gift in all of the formats we enjoy today. God has promised that His Word will not return to Him empty. That gives me joy in that I am never wasting my time by sending out a devotional, or blogging, or handing over a CD of the Bible as a gift, or using the many other ways we have to send some Good News to others. God's joy is one of those things that grows with sharing.
As a kid, if you shared your toys, you soon had less of them to play with. We didn't want to share. Imagine that same kid sharing and sharing, but instead of growing less that pile of toys grows each time he shares with another child. Inconceivable! Yet, the more we share God's Word, joy, love, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control, the more we have in our own lives. Amazing! I want more of the fruit of the Spirit, time for me to share and share some more!
Have a wonderful and sharing day in Christ,Bucky
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