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17 April 2009
A Joyful Heart (Part 3)
What do you usually do when you feel sad and
bored? Many usually watch movies or TV, listen to music, read some books
or novels, spend time in their hobbies, go shopping, go out with
friends, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or do something to soothe
their sadness away, but after that their hearts still feel sad and
bored, not to mention many things in this world may easily take away
their temporary joy: tiredness or illness, disharmony and arguments in
family, difficulties, troubles or trials in life, stress at work, a
broken relationship with others, hypocrisy or a double life exposed,
misunderstanding, hatred, envy, covetousness, selfishness, hot temper,
etc.
Dear friends, “For God giveth to a man that
is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy” (Eccl 2:26),
you and I should wholeheartedly seek God first. King David shared his
experience of joy when he was with the Lord, “Thou wilt shew me the
path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there
are pleasures for evermore” (Ps 16:11). The Lord Jesus says, “I
will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man
taketh from you” (John 16:22). Perhaps you may wonder, “How can I
see the Lord or meet Him?” Dear friends, we cannot see the Lord with our
physical eyes, but with our eyes of faith. The Lord Jesus Christ died
for the sins of mankind, but He rose again and is living and is present
everywhere, so when you wholeheartedly seek Him and His Word, He will
open your spiritual eyes so that you may see Him and meet Him, “And
ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your
heart” (Jer 29:13) and “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8).
Have you wholeheartedly searched for the Lord?
Please read our next article.
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