Magnets for Everlasting Joy

UV 3727/10000 Magnets for Everlasting Joy And the ransomed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with shouts of jubilation, and everlasting joy will be upon their heads; They will find joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 35 v 10 The common enemy of our souls, satan has abducted our souls and taken mankind into captivity from birth. But Jesus came to set us free, to pay the ransom for our freedom from the wages of sin- eternal death and bondage to the enemy. We are now free by virtue of our faith to return to God, to Zion, the kingdom of God. Since we have returned by re-birth of our souls, we can rejoice and shout praises unto the Father who sent His Son to redeem us. We have become magnets for joy and gladness, to attract these into our lives and to repel sorrow and lamentation. We can now live a victorious life, the abundant life, eternal life. Eternal life is not something we live after we die physically but it is living our lives on earth with an eternal perspective, as children of God, as siblings of Jesus, as non resident citizens of heaven, as servants of the Lord, as subjects of the King of Kings, as priests and kings of the Most High. We are a liberated people and we should not live as slaves of sin, cursed to live a life of bondage. We are a people returned to our homes, our homeland is none but the Lord God. We are to live as the wise and not return to our days of captivity. Our spiritually blind eyes have been opened and hence, we can leap for joy. Our spiritually deaf ears have been healed and hence, we can rejoice. Our spiritually crippled faculties have been restored and hence, we can live fully, freely and joyfully. Our spiritually mute tongue has been released and hence, we can praise, thank and worship the Lord. Formerly, we believed that the enemy’s deceptive words are to be believed and the Lord’s word to be distrusted as the enemy suggested that it is meant to limit us, to keep us from being like God. Now, we know that it is the Lord’s word that is to be believed and we derive our freedom, our strength and our blessings from His word. The chains of captivity have been broken and we are set free forever. The joy of the Lord that is embedded in His word is our source of strength. Our joy and pleasure which was formerly ephemeral, transitory, vain, momentary is now everlasting. It is not a joy imagined within our heads or our hearts. It is not a mere emotion. It is lasting joy, everlasting joy. It is the joy that comes from the faith, hope and assurance that we shall live forever in Zion, in the presence of the living Lord, the Great Sovereign and King who never enslaves anyone. It is the joy that comes from the blessings the Lord’s favour has brought upon us.