THE SOURCE OF ENDLESS JOY

        THE SOURCE OF ENDLESS JOY  

Written by Joel Dabbas 

Joy is vibrant happiness that gushes out of the heart of a person. Studies have shown that joyful people have less chance of having a heart attack, maintain a healthier blood pressure, and tend to have lower cholesterol levels. There's research to prove that joy boosts our immune systems, fights stress and pain, and improves our chance of living a longer life. Many people have situation induced joy: One which comes only when one experiences a favourable or good event. The shortfall of having situation based joy is that life itself is full of bends and curves. There are times life will come with challenges, and also the devil (the number one enemy of all mankind) is always forging and orchestrating situations against you. This is because the enemy dislikes seeing people happy.

Now, let me introduce to you the root of ceaseless and unimaginable joy. 

#1 The first key to ceaseless joy is SALVATION: 

Salvation is receiving Jesus into your life and making Him your personal Lord, Saviour; and King. The coming of Jesus into the world of any person provokes and releases joy. 

Luke 2:10-11 – “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great JOY to all people. The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!" 

Salvation is to become a citizen of heaven. Salvation is the spirit of a man returning back in surrender to its Maker: It is restoring the spirit, soul and body of a person to the one who originally owns it - God. Salvation is to be marked from destruction. Salvation is coming under all that Jesus paid for on the cross of calvary. When a person pledges his or her allegiance unto God and totally renounces the works of darkness submitting to a life of holiness and righteousness, the whole of heaven bursts into joy (Luke 15:7). Salvation brings eternal joy. 

Psalm 95:1 says that "O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation."

If you have lost that deep seated joy that salvation brings to the spirit and soul of a man, with all desperacy say  O Lord "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit" (Psalm 51:12). If you have not given your life to Jesus say dear Lord, i confess and repent from all my sins now. I acknowledge that I am a sinner. Forgive me Lord and give me Your matchless grace to live a life worthy and pleasing unto You in Jesus name. 

#2 The second way to enjoy ceaseless joy is THE PRESENCE OF GOD: 

The presence of God is not just in a place alone. For instance Gods presence is not only in Church meetings. Infact one of the character of God is that He is omnipresent. He is everywhere at the same time. But the manifestation of the presence of God is not palpable everywhere. If you have the presence of God inside of you; also if you furnish your relationship and fellowship with God all the time. The darkness of heaviness, gloomness and depression have no hold on you. 

"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore" (Psalm 16:11). 

To have full joy and to be full of joy, have Gods presence with you. 

1 Chronicles 16:26-27 – "The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens! Honor and majesty surround Him; strength and JOY fill His dwelling." 

#3 The third source of ceaseless joy is THE WORD OF GOD 

Jeremiah 15:16 - Your words are what sustain me; they are food to my hungry soul. They bring joy to my sorrowing heart and delight me. How proud I am to bear your name, O Lord (TLB). 

The word of God is the capsule of joy. The word invades the shadow of grieve and sorrow; and diffuses them away. Remember, when Mary was grieving for the loss of her only brother Lazarus? When she met Jesus, Jesus told her "Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?" (John 11:40). If you can chew the word of God in the time of grieve, sorrow will scatter from your heart. The word of God carries around her the power and the glory of God. When I was in the university there was a moslem lady who had carryover. She was heart broken and crying. I met her on my way to night studies. I spoke with her and comforted her. She suddenly looked at me and said where did I get all these words I just spoke to her from? I told her they where from the Bible, she said she felt relieved and weight lifted off her just listening to the word I spoke to her. She told me that she had earlier spoken with her imam but ended up more depressed. When the word of God hits your world, incomprehensible joy erupts in you.

#4 The fourth way to function in ceaseless joy is INTIMACY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT:

One of the fruit of the Holy Spirit is joy (Galatians 5:22). The Holy Spirit is joy Giver and joy River.

#5 The fifth way to function in ceaseless joy is EXISTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE IF WORSHIP:

Every genuine worshipper cannot be joyless. The principle of worship is two fold: first is the principle of coming before an altar or a throne. Second is the principle of sacrifice. 

Every worshipper comes before an altar with incense and before Gods throne with adoration coupled with sacrifice. So as you establish yourself in genuine worship to God, you exchange your pain for His joy; you exchange your shame for His glory. The strength of worship is revelation: In Matthew 2:2 the wise men from the east said that "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." The more you know Him the more you will worship. The more you worship Him, the more joy you encounter. 

I decree that your life will be overshadowed with you from above in Jesus name .

May the tears in your eyes be wiped away in Jesus name.