Psalms 16:11 says, “In my presence is fullness of joy and at my right hand are pleasures
evermore.”
I believe that God enjoys looking down and seeing His people enjoying the fellowship of one another other. I believe He loves to see us happy, joyous and having a great time. I believe He loves making His light to shine upon us. And I also think God goes to extreme measures just to see us smile.
One of the benefits of being a Christian is that we can have a good time and still lay our heads down at night and get a good night’s sleep with a clear conscience and a clean heart!
Yet, so many Christians live their lives like all they have to look forward to is the
destination. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve got a wonderful destination ahead of us, but, praise God, we can enjoy the journey getting there!
Let me illustrate this point to you: Now I am psychologically scared from an early age and it all stems from taking family vacations. Our family vacations went something like this:
- Pick a destination;
- Get to the destination as quickly as possible;
- If you’ve been this place before, get there quicker the next time.
My daddy was blessed with an over-sized bladder, I’m sure of it. We’d be getting it to our
destination and we would beg my daddy to pull over so we could use the bathroom. He would always say, “Hold it – it’s good for you.” Needless to say, there was nothing enjoyable about our trip to the destination.
What I’m trying to tell you Church is that it’s OK to enjoy the trip AMEN. And even when you don’t feel like laughing, and even when things are hard – you can still have that inner peace. And no matter what happens on the trip, we’ve still got the destination!
I just believe God’s people ought to be happy every once and a while. Sure we have tough time, and sure we go through some rough patches, but God is still doing every thing He can just to make you smile – so give God a smile today and let Him know you enjoy living in His presence!
Fighting for My Pea Patch 