Matt 24:21
"His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.’"
This caught my eye …enter into the joy of your master. I love you, Father. You are the very breath of life!
In reading this passage about entrusting the slaves with talents, it spoke to me about the use of our gifts and every other possession that we have.
You have gifted each one of your children with gifts to bless the body of Christ and to carry out the plan that You have for their life to grow the Kingdom of God.
Our possessions themselves, though we really enjoy having them and You delight to bless us with them, are also to be used for the same reasons as the talents.
But I really loved the fact that in utilizing our gifts and possessions as You direct us to, we will enter into Your joy.
Ps 16:11 You will make known to me the path of life. In Your presence there is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Joy is one of the things that the heart of man needs desperately. Perhaps because it is sought in the world and the things of the world many hearts still remain without its blessing.
But believers know You, Father, You who have reconciled us to Yourself through the blood of Jesus, our Risen Lord.
We have the privilege of Your Holy Spirit indwelling us. We have the fullness of joy within us! Even though we don’t “feel” it doesn’t mean it is not within us.
So what helps us experience Your joy more fully? As the passage in Matthew 24 relates,by using our talents we will enter into Your joy, which to me says we will experience real, genuine, true joy.What can be greater than the presence of God?
As we exercise those gifts, whether it is money or gifts or possessions, we are in the works “that God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them”. Eph 2:10
It is not a mystery, it is not a secret and it is not something unattainable for each believer.
Today, right now where we are, we can experience the joy of Your fullness by filling our mind, heart, and thoughts with Jesus!
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