Growing up, we had a sticker on our fridge that read "HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON HAPPENINGS BUT JOY DEPENDS ON JESUS. I would read it everytime i went to the fridge but only to truly understand it well in my adulthood.
I had a very challenging yet fun upbringing and i think that thought me to be happy with the little i had. I hear people say they use to be jealous when their siblings or friends had new things but contrary to that i quiet remember i was very much contempt with whatever i was given. In fact i would be overjoyed if i was ever bought a toy or anything nice......whether or not that was due to my upbringing i don't know but the one thing i'm grateful for is that, it is really helping me in this life now.
We are now in a generation where everything is fast track with new and exciting things happening daily. It's a time of our lives where degrees and good results are being persuade, fulfilling jobs are being applied, folks working tirelessly to leave something behind for their families and everyone trying very hard to achieve something in life.
My family started laying down certain goals we wanted to achieve by certain times and then we worked on them with prayer......i remember when we first made our plans i use to think how much happy it'll make us all if we're able to do them. We went through this year achieving some and one day i just sat down and asked myself 'what now'? For a split moment it was almost as if to say "wait, is that all? Don't get me wrong i was over the moon by that achievement and very much grateful to God but humanly speaking, there was still a void in me.....an emptiness which i thought our achievement would have filled. I started thinking about it so much and trying to figure out what we could do next because maybe that will fill the void.
It was then that The Holy Spirit brought to my attention what i needed to fill the void. See, we had been working towards our achievement with God's help yet i was depending on the things to make me happy. I was HOPING that by achieving them i will be ok but JOY, true JOY only comes from JESUS. My realisation of this truly humbled me and brought me back to my knees.....i quickly prayed and asked God to forgive me for depending on things when He is the giver of those things.
See, Happiness doesn't come from getting what you want; it comes from recognising every little God has blessed you with and enjoying them. A little goes farther than you can ever imagine when you see God's abundant supply of grace and have a heart full of thanksgiving.
Whatever emptiness or void you need filling today, i need you to understand that only GOD can fill that up.....We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.....(Proverbs 16:9 NLT) Remain blessed.
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