THE JOY OF OUR HEART

“The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.”

Psalm 118:14 KJV

Not only is Jesus our strength, our song and our salvation, He is also the joy of our heart.  When we are walking through dark valleys and are lonely, sad, discouraged and downhearted, Jesus is with us to encourage us and cheer us on to victory.  Our precious Saviour is our Cheerleader in the storms of life.

Next week hurricane season will be here in Florida where I live but we always have storms of life and usually there is no warning.  Have you ever had a day when everything was great when all of a sudden without any warning, you became discouraged and sad?  That was a vicious attack of satan.

Jesus has warned us in 1 Peter 5:8 to be on the alert for the sneaky devastating attacks of satan.  Nothing makes satan any happier than if he can discourage us so much we stop serving Jesus. WE MUST NOT LET THAT HAPPEN!  We need to keep our eyes on Jesus and cry out to Him for help.

Calling Jesus for help is not like calling the police or an ambulance in an emergency.  Jesus comes immediately to help us.  We aren’t put on hold or get a busy signal, He answers as soon as we call Him.  What a Saviour!  What a Friend, this Jesus of Nazareth!  O how I love Jesus.  I long to see Him face to face.

Praise God!  One day I will see Him face to face.  Are you going to see Him?  Have you invited Him into your heart to be your personal Saviour?  If not, say yes to Jesus today.  He loves you so much He died for you.  He will be the best Friend you have ever known and He will never leave you.  

Joanne Lowe

May 28, 2016