Advent - Joy
The
third week of Advent reminds us about the joy that is ours because God has
entered the world. Angels heralded the birth of the Messiah and kings came from
the east to worship and marvel at what God had begun in Bethlehem.
While
happiness is an emotion that can disappear as quickly as it rises to the
surface, Godly joy is both a gift and a choice. We can choose to open the gift of God's Spirit,
or leave it wrapped, under the tree and untouched - we have that choice. We can
choose to live in an attitude of resentment; anger and fear or we can
choose to pursue the joy of the Lord, exemplified by the baby lying in a
manger. The joy that the Christ-child came to bring us is outside this world,
its celestial and it's otherworldly; God's gift of joy is unconquerable.
Granted,
joy can have many shades, but it should never be determined by how we feel, but
on who God is.
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Pentatonix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xo64Q2ucQ8