Nature is majestic. It shows us there
is a Creator who made everything for us to enjoy. (Romans 1:19-20).
This passage also reveals that since things are the same and run in
cycles we get bored with them.
If you've worked in the same job doing
the same thing for years and years, you know what I mean. It also
works at home when we see the ones we love so much we take them for
granted. Then our relationships get stale and may disintegrate. At
work we grow stiff and don't grow anymore.
It all just seems like so much smoke.
We were made to worship. Just look at
the picture of a brightly colored sunset. Attend a play where you are
so led to believe the players are the characters that you're
moved to joy and tears. Go to any college town on a Saturday in
Autumn and witness the celebration that revolves around an oval
shaped piece of leather filled with air that gets tossed around in
the local arena. Visit the family of a newborn baby just after its
arrival home and see a roomful of smiles.
What you'll witness is the many reasons
God gives us to revel in His goodness.
Where do we fail then?
We fail when we look to any event as a
reason to find our joy. Well, you know how it goes. Sunsets are
momentary at best. Babies get older. Plays come to an end. Football
season only lasts a few months a year. Where does that leave you when
the event is over and the tank of euphoria runs dry? How will you
refill your joy bucket once more?
If you're a follower of Jesus, you have
a reason to find joy all year long, day or night, summer or winter.
Jesus is here. He's here with you. Life may be tough, but He's there
in the desert with you. When you scale the mountaintop, He's right by
your side. Truly the Psalmist was right when he said there was
nowhere you can run from God. (Psalm 139)
Take Paul's advice in 1 Corinthians10:31. Do everything for God's glory. Then your joy will be full.
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