Date: Saturday, 14th June, 2025
Text: Galatians 5:22
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
A man can have his house full of gold and silver and still lack joy. This is why you see some “successful” people hanging out in beer palours, night clubs, permanently on alcohol. They become addicted to strong drink. What are they looking for? It’s spelt JOY. But they end up getting chemical induced-happiness which is very short-lived and then, they are back to their sorrows.
Joy comes form the Lord. It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit- Galatians 5:22. This implies you need to surrender your heart to the Lord first.
Secondly joy comes from doing the will of God eg winning the souls of sinners to Christ. There is joy in Heaven over a sinner that repents-Luke 15:7. When you make heaven rejoice, the same joy will spread to you.
Joy obeys the law of harvest. In other words when you sow joy into the life of others you will reap greater joy. The friend of a very wealthy Nigerian billionaire asked him to buy wheelchairs for about 200 children who were disabled. He not only purchased them but also personally delivered them, witnessing the joy on the children’s faces as they used them.
This experience deeply impacted him, particularly when one child held onto his leg and expressed a desire to remember his face so they could thank him again in Heaven. The kind of joy he experienced was so deep that he was almost moved to tears. It is nothing compared to the fake happiness you get from drinking alcohol.
In a telephone interview on a radio station he stated all his life he has been searching for true happiness. He said that he has discovered that true happiness doesn’t come from accumulation of wealth but from impacting the lives of others. In his own words, after the wheel chair donation experience, he said, “I felt real joy inside me.”
Joy brings strength- Nehemiah 8:10; the strength to continue bouncing; the strength to keep going. Those who lack this strength find themselves abandoning the good work they have been doing for God.
Prophetic Nugget : May the joy of the Lord be your strength in Jesus Name.
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