“Pure Joy”

 

“Pure Joy”

 

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your FAITH develops PERSEVERANCE.  James 1:2

Do you think it’s impossible to consider your TRIALS as PURE JOY? Is this POSSIBLE to do?  Well, it MOST CERTAINLY is POSSIBLE, because WE are CHILDREN of the ALMIGHTY GOD, who LOVED us SO much, that He sent JESUS Christ, to SUFFER, BLEED and DIE for ALL our SINS. And to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  Instead, He has provided HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, to be our ETERNAL DESTINY.  Now, REMEMBER, this FUTURE EVENT will begin when Jesus comes in the CLOUDS to take us to our HEAVENLY HOME.  Are you READY?

However, we MUST FACE TESTING and TRIALS, along the way. James tells us to CONSIDER it PURE JOY, WHENEVER we face TRIALS of MANY KINDS. So, how do we do that?  God wants us to be JOYFUL, because He is in the PROCESS of making us just like CHRIST. And PART of this PROCESS is for us to FOCUS on His PURPOSE for sending VARIOUS TRIALS our way. It teaches us to DEVELOP PERSEVERANCE, and to TRUST in Him for our DELIVERANCE from this part of our make-over. 

NOTICE that James, says:” WHENEVER” and NOT “IF” It’s SOMETHING that ALL of GOD’S CHILDREN MUST go through, because they MUST BE HOLY as HE is HOLY.  They MUST be STRONG in their FAITH, just LIKE JESUS. And God’s Children MUST FOCUS on the PURPOSE and NOT the PAIN of their TESTING. 

The TRIALS and TESTING of our lives are to make us JUST LIKE JESUS! And we can CONSIDER IT ALL JOY because we KNOW that we will LIVE FOREVER in HEAVEN, our GLORIOUS, AMAZING, ETERNAL HOME.  Are you able to say with CONFIDENCE that You will have that HEAVENLY ETERNAL HOME?  And that you will FACE those TRIALS and TESTINGS with a STRONG, STEADFAST FAITH?  You can be if you will:  COME TO JESUS and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. And then you MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for YOU, before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and be ABLE to FACE your TRIALS with PERSEVERANCE and PURE JOY.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!