Checkpoints to Finding Joy

IF YOU:

• keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and
• from doing as you please on my holy day,
• if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and
• if you honor it by not going your own way and
• not doing as you please or 
• speaking idle words,

then you will find your joy in the LORD,

~ and ~ 

I will cause you to

• ride on the heights of the land and to 
• feast on the inheritance
  of your father Jacob.

The mouth of the LORD has spoken. 
Isaiah 58:13-14

In the fast paced world in which we live, it's so easy to become too busy to remember the goodness of the LORD, unless we deliberately pause and think about Him.  If we're not careful, this fast paced life style will drain the joy right out of us. 

He warns us:  "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching."  (Hebrews 10:25) 

If you're feeling like your Joy in the LORD is "zapped," and you're running on empty---remember, there is joy in His presence.   He is everywhere, but don't forget to go to church and be with His people.  It also seems that He is telling us to allow His Holy Spirit to do through us what we can not do, even down to controlling the very words that come out of our mouths. . . .and when we do our part, He will do His part.   We can be assured of this because the mouth of THE LORD has spoken!  ;o)

Be encouraged.

Thank You, Father, for Your patience in teaching me lessons throughout this journey.  Thank You for Your encouragement, and allowing the Son to shine through the clouds to reassure me that YOU are STILL on the throne.  One day we will spend eternity with You, in the eternal Son-shine of Your presence, and there will be no more storms nor testing of our faith.  As we seek Your face, we find there is joy in Your presence, and this is our strength.  Thank You!  In Jesus' name, Amen.