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Grantley Morris

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Growing in God

Too often we prefer to be miserable than joyful. It seems easier to give up than to keep on doing what it takes to be a spiritual hero. Seeking to justify our laziness, we try to convince ourselves that we have earned the right to wallow in defeat and despair. In fact, many of us think that, rather than have to keep pushing through, we can entice God to reward our laziness if we make ourselves sufficiently miserable. We hope that by being crybabies we can keep suckering God into babying us. Our presumption is that the glummer we make ourselves, the more likely it is that God will pity us and give us what we want without us having to put in the required effort. The problem with our scheme, however, is that to refuse to be joyful is to refuse Gods way. It is to disobey the God who declares, Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus, (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, emphasis mine). It is to think God is a fool and that by acting despondent we have found a way that is better than Gods.

Are we following our triumphant Lord? To see ourselves as losers or be as gloomy as losers, is an insult to our Leader. If we lack joy, it is because we get what we settle for. We prefer to complain than to praise God; to gripe than to thank him; to surrender than to fight.

Taken from Christian Joy: The Secret Revealed

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