GOD HAS A 'ONCE AGAIN' ON THE WAY

Job 8:21 "He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy."

When things go wrong we can get very upset, but no matter how down we feel, or how bad our circumstances might be at any given moment, we can know it's only temporary. My mum used to say "This too will pass" and in hindsight she was right but it's hard to see it at the time! 

If you've ever laughed in the past then know for sure God is going to fill you with laughter once again. Not just a giggle or a chuckle but full on side splitting laughter and your shouts of joy will be 'Woohoo' and 'Hurray' and 'Praise the Lord' with a deep inner joy!

So don't despair, don't look back at what was or what might have been because God is going to be giving you a "once again".

Take His promise by faith and thank Him for it. God's plans for you are far more than you can imagine and they will fill you with joy.  Remember we read in an earlier blog that the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter? That tells me that our tomorrows will be far better and brighter than our yesterdays, no matter how good or bad they were, God has even better days ahead. Lets lay hold of that by faith.

Apostle Paul tells us to 'Rejoice in the Lord'. So even if you can't rejoice in other things right now, know that you can rejoice in our wonderful Saviour, in our God who is overflowing with lovingkindness to us. 

Rejoice in His love, His goodness and His faithfulness to us and know His best for us is still definitely waiting for us to step in to (we're going from one degree of glory to another). Hallelujah!

Keep expecting God to 'once again' fill your mouth with laughter. Thank You Jesus.

WRAPPED IN JESUS AND HIS ANOINTING

Ephesians 1:3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 

Jesus came from heaven to earth to make it possible for every blessing that's in heaven, to be made available to us in the here and now on earth because we are united with Him.

Christ means the Anointed One and His Anointing. So may I encourage you to see yourself united to the Anointed One and His anointing because this verse tells us to praise God because we actually are, and that we've been blessed with every spiritual blessing! 

If we read on it says v.11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, ....This verse reminds us that because we're united with Christ, because we are 'in' Christ, 'in' His anointing, that we've also been given an inheritance from God. 

Part of that inheritance is not just to have our sins forgiven but to believe we're totally accepted in the Beloved Lord Jesus(v.6). God accepts us with great joy and is so delighted with us because we have been made like Jesus Himself, we have been clothed in His righteousness. You could say we've been wrapped in Jesus Himself. Not only that but we are now joint heirs with Him. Whatever Jesus has been given, we have been given! We are 'IN HIM'.

There really is a promised land of inheritance for us to enter into. The Israelites wandered around in the wilderness for years before they realised what was theirs for the taking. May we search and find out just what God has given us, so it's not wasted. Jesus paid such a high price for us to enter into our inheritance. 

Just supposing you were told someone had left you an inheritance, would you not go 'Wow, what is it?' and find out how to access it?  How much more should we be rejoicing and asking God how to enter in to what He has so freely given us because He is the One who wants us to have it just like when He told the Israelites to go in and take the Promised Land.

We really are united with Christ - We are IN HIM. I know it will bless you to look at all the 'In Him', In whom', 'In Christ', 'With Christ', etc. verses in all Paul's letters to the churches especially the books of Ephesians and Colossians, underline them, and see what we are united to, 'in Him' and what we now have.