Ezra 6 Round 2

I tried posting this this morning and the computer decided to mess up and delete the devo. Sorry its late...


Ezr 6:22 And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the LORD made them joyful,

Here we have the people of Israel finally getting to use their new temple. It was twenty years in the making and it was filled with adverisity. Now they were ready to put it to use, they were ready to use it as a way worchip the Lord. We are told that they were joyful in worshipping Him, and the Lord made them joyful.

Something I have noticed in the lives of most Christians is that there is a lack of joy in their lives. I know I am especially guilty of this. Here I am, blessed beyond belief, and yet I still spend time thinking about complications rather than being filled with the joy of the Lord. I like the picture made here. Israel came filled with joy and God made them joyful. Israel already had the right attitude, and God made filled them with even more joy. This is what the Lord will do for us.

We need to live lives that show we are filled with the joy of the Lord. There is something so attractive about a joyful person. It draws others toward them. We, as Christians, have something which should put a little more hop in our step. We have something which should make us more excited to live life. We have a relationship with Jesus. Let it show.