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“If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father’s commandments, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:10-11).
The Lord wants His children to be happy, and not only happy, He wants our joy to be full! Yes, it is true that we all experience difficult times in our lives, and things that may make us sad. However, the Lord wants us to be able to rise above those things, and to have an inner joy that even tough circumstances cannot spoil.
However, to be happy in the Lord, we must be obedient to His Word, for obedience and happiness go together. Sadly, we sometimes know what the Word of God says, but we persuade ourselves that we will be happier by doing our own will, instead of obeying the Lord’s will. We may not say it exactly that way, for we can sometimes try to persuade ourselves that the Bible does not mean what it says. Or we will bring up another verse that seems to support what we want to do.
However, if we walk with the Lord, we will know what pleases Him, because we are enjoying His presence. We will say a little more about that in a couple of days.
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