Journey to joy

It is no deep revelation that life is difficult. Even a mundane, quiet life has its challenges and when outside influences complicate things, the battle gets real.

How do you cope? How do you stay positive and carry on? What do you do when you have lost all hope and you feel like there is nowhere to turn? There are many philosophers and gurus who will tell you about their 5 or 10 steps to a better lifestyle or promotion courses to improve your standard of living. Which one to believe or whose advice to follow? Sure, it may change your life for a season, until the next crisis or battle you have to fight. But there must be a more lasting solution. Something that can change your story and outlook on life on a more permanent basis.

Humans are complex and intricate. Is there truly a ‘one-fits-all’ solution that works for everybody? We are so diverse and different. Still, we go through the same trials and battles, we just experience it differently. We have established that life itself is a battle and has many unpredicted challenges. Digging deeper is necessary for a solution.

No matter your belief system or situation, you know it is all about attitude. The glass half full or half empty scenario. If you can stay positive and make lemonade out of lemons, you will deal with life better than those who experience trauma and challenges so intensely that no lemonade will make it better. Does this mean the positive people experience less pain than the negative group? I don’t believe so. To every person on this earth, his or her pain is real and acute. Some might just handle the loss or pain in a more effective way.

Is it all about the personality you have? Maybe this is part of the reason, but it paints a very bleak picture for the ones that are not that kind of individual. But there is hope for everyone. We can all come out better and stronger on the other side, no matter how many battles we have to fight.

Our aim is to get to that place of victory. This video sums up the complete process in a nutshell.

• You can’t have joy unless you have peace.

• You can’t have peace if you live in fear.

• You live in fear when you don’t trust God.

• You don’t trust God when you don’t understand your relationship with Him.

• You can’t understand your relationship with God when you don’t know who you are in Christ.

• You can’t know who you are in Christ if you don’t know the truth.

• You can’t know the truth if you believe a lie.

To know the true love of God and experience it daily comes with having a true relationship with Him. This is the only key to real joy and peace, which are your weapons of victory.

MAY YOU FIND JOY AS YOU EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF GOD