Open a vein and bleed the words of this Lazaroo aloud to God:

“…in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.”
(1 Thessalonians 1:6)

That’s a level of maturity I’d love to reach, Jesus.

Normally, when my suffering becomes severe, the pain, fear and anguish are so great that I’m unable to experience joy over anything.

Not even a message from Your Word.

That may be natural…

…but it isn’t my goal to stay stuck in the “natural.”

I long to experience the supernatural –

right smack dab in the middle of every single ordinary day of my ordinary life.

To do that, I’m going to have to get my joy from the same source these people did.

Not from a

thing
place
activity
emotion
behavior
human being
circumstance –

But from You, Holy Spirit.

You are the giver of joy when there is no joy to be found.

And so I wait

for You.
_________
Nehemiah 8:10; Job 14:14; Psalms 5:3; Psalms 27:14; Psalms 33:20-22; Psalms 37:7-11; Psalms 37:34-39; Psalms 38:15; 1 Peter 1:8-9; I Peter 5:6; Jude 1:24-25

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.