VictoryinJesus
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. If you have no joy you have no happiness
Joy is similar to peace...one can be taken away by circumstance. the other can not be taken away as it is not dependent upon circumstance or things temporary, but of God. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” John 14:27
John 16:19-24 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? [20] Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. [21] A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. [22] And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. [23] And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. [24] Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
What was the joy set before Him?
What really gets me most about what is being said is ...if you lack certain perks in the world then you lack Christ. If you lack certain things which are temporary then you lack Faith. Therefore faith is based off of what money, and outward appearances, or size of house, or model of car...and if you don’t possess those things then you lack something making God not sufficient. But instead our things.