Christ is my all, my confidence, and my strength. But most days I struggle to remember this foundational fact. Not that I am at any length a terrible person, just a selfish one. It is easy to write what Christ means to me, much harder though, to act out. I feel as though my spiritual journey has led me through doubt, pain, suffering, confusion, joy, sorrow, defeat and success. It is in journey that I have found life.
The difference in me or specifically in my life is the joy in which I choose to live. James 1:2 speaks of finding this joy in all circumstances, for happiness is temporal; it can be stolen by dire circumstances and petty happenings. But joy cannot. Joy is found “in His place.” As 1 Chronicles 16:27 says, “Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in His place.” In my spiritual journey I choose each day to find joy in Christ, and then throughout the trials of the day, fight to remember where my confidence, strength and hope is found.
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Joy is what ought to separate us from the world — true joy, that is. Thanks for the reminder!
Profound! And oh so true. Thanks for reminding me son!
I am very humble of you,
Dad