Embrace the Within no. 80

"Love is the motive for working; joy is the strength for working."

Andrew Bonar

"Joy in the Lord should be the loftiest of joy."

Charles Spurgeon

Without joy, then what’s the point? And I think there is a lot of joylessness out there in what should be a joyful people acting out of love. Folks that are acting out of obligation, out of routine, out of habit and not out of love. Folks that go to church because that’s just what we have always done. And not a heart that is continuing to, “Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye Lord. Take heede, that no man fall away from the grace of God: let no roote of bitternes spring vp and trouble you, lest thereby many be defiled” (Hebrews 12:14-15 GNV).

But many are choosing to fall away. Many are looking for ways to suck the joy out of the room under the pretense of being holy and forgetting the joy that is in the Lord. So, I am not looking for divisiveness in translations and interpretations. I am looking to not be a stumbling block when I share the joy of the Lord. Because the folks that are not in joy are quite often ready to try and snatch away the joy of another. And why? They lack a heart of love.

“As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue. If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.

These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.

This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you. Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes. Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.

Henceforth call I you not seruants: for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, haue I made knowen to you. Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordeined you, that ye goe and bring foorth fruite, and that your fruite remaine, that whatsoeuer ye shall aske of the Father in my Name, he may giue it you. These things commaund I you, that ye loue one another” (John 15:9-17 GNV).

The commandment to love is to bring us joy and not division. The commandment of love is to bring joy and not hardship. The command of love is to bring us joy and not separation. Are we acting out of love? It should be easy to tell by the joy we show.

So, if you don’t feel joy today, then what is the point? You can be joyless in anything else this world has to offer. You can even have temporary joy in the pleasures of the world. So, why are you following the Way of the Lord out of hardship and not out of joy?

Shavua tov. Shalom to your home. Bless your being. The reign of YHWH is now. Be a blessing to YHWH and others.

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Embrace the Within no. 79

“You can’t outsource your freedom.”

Tomorrow is election day in the states. What a better day to make the only choice that counts and choose to follow the Way of the Lord? There are many benefits to following the path of Christ in salvation and atonement to YHWH.

The great thing about making this choice is you don’t need any human government. You already have the perfect king that lived for you, died for you, and returned to offer a path of salvation and atonement for you. When Christ fulfilled the plan of YHWH and created a perfect path for us to get back into alignment with YHWH, we were given the Way of the Lord. So what better way to spend election day than casting your vote for Christ and taking His path to peace?

Another great thing about making this choice is that you already know how things were and how things are going to end. You literally have a book that tells you how things started in the beginning and how things are going to go when this broken world is healed. It’s all there for your reading and studying in the pages of His Word. When you have an obstacle or a question or a concern, you can take those things to the Word and find the wisdom of YHWH.

And yet another great thing is the ability to build a relationship with YHWH. We get the opportunity to talk to Him and learn about Him and gain understanding and wisdom. And, in turn, YHWH gives us peace and power to know that through Him all things are possible.

Yet another great thing is that we are never again alone. We have a community of others that share the love of YHWH with one another and possess a servant’s heart. We also have the presence of the Spirit to give us ,“love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things” (Galatians 5:22-23 CJB).

There are also a great many wonderful things that knowing and trusting in YHWH provide for your life BUT you will just have to take the first step in wanting to fix your relationship with Him. And that first step is understanding that He is in control and submitting to His Word. Salvation is a relationship. Salvation is a process. Salvation is a new life. So, cast the only vote that really counts and elect YHWH the ruler of your life. You will never be sorry in making that choice.

Shavua tov. Shalom to your home. Bless your being. The reign of YHWH is now. Be a blessing to YHWH and others.

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