Every human on the earth is searching for joy. It's the one thing everybody wants out of life. Joy opens doors that once were locked shut! If you choose to live in joy, others will be literally drawn to you. They won't know why, but they'll just love being around you!
Some will even ask you why you are always so cheerful. Jesus will use your joy to draw others in so that you can share the Gospel with them. He wants to have a relationship with them so badly, He's going to use any and every avenue you allow Him to in order to reach them.
But if you choose to allow the devil and circumstances to replace your joy with anxiety, you will have a hard time reaching others for Christ through your witness. You'll have to almost chase people down just to tell them about God. And when you finally catch them, you'll have a hard time trying to convince them that what you have is worth having.
Think about it. Who would want to accept the God of someone who lives beaten down and depressed? I mean, if it ain't working for you, why should they believe that it will work for them? It's just a fact that people who are familiar with you will pay more attention to what you do and how you live, than what you say to them. So be cheerful!
Replace the moaning and groaning, criticizing and complaining with the promises God's given you in His Word. Quit looking at what the devil's done and start looking at what God's done! He's made you more than a conqueror! If He's for you, who can be against you?
He's the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He's overcome this world and everything in it! He's living inside of you, friend!
So believe it and dig into His Word. Find every promise you can and dwell in that secret place of the Most High. Walk in His Spirit joyfully every day because He's got places for you to go and people for you to meet!
His joy will make you like a magnet for the unsaved, broken-hearted. You won't have to go get them. They'll come get you!
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