The joy of the Lord is our strength.
I spend a substantial amount of my time driving, usually alone. Which isn't a bad thing...it's a lot of thinking, processing time. Which happily ends up being a lot of time with Jesus. Which is often precipitated by something I'm listening to.
It amazes me how God speaks to us through music. Because music is incredible...it's so spiritual, and a part of the musician's soul. So how could it not bring us closer and deeper into the One Who created and formed that very soul?
The other day I was driving....I don't remember where. I heard just a snippet of a K-Love song (and I really am not a K-Love fan) and this phrase really stuck with me for some reason. The joy of the Lord is our strength. Maybe this seems utterly simple to you, but I just had never viewed this as literally as it is. Making Jesus happy is what we live for. It's enough, it's a fully fulfilling goal simply to bring Him pleasure. That is our mission. That's all.
I look for strength in everything BUT that, it seems. I look for strength so that I can summon enough righteousness to make God pleased with me, but that isn't what He wants. He wants my heart to just be overflowing with the pure JOY and EXCITEMENT of bringing my King pleasure.
And so what I should be doing is asking Jesus to change my heart. To make it pure and innocent and simply longing after Him. Because what more beautiful place to rest in than the joy of a loving God as He looks at me and says, "You are enough. I am pleased with you."
Praying you can rest in that overwhelming love that is ours. Praying you can live with a freedom that is bordering on recklessness.....because that's Jesus' love. Reckless freedom because of a wild love.
~Anna
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