Joy & Peace & Bliss & Truth
We can step into the river of the Divine.
Now!
Joy & Peace & Bliss & Truth exist in the right now.
They are our natural state of being. Only, we tend to cover everything up with our mental chatter.
In order to experience bliss, we have to go past the mind. Into Stillness.
Scripture tells us, “The Joy of the Lord is my strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10
God is joyous. And we can be too. As long as we recognize that God alone is in control.
If God is in control, and he has the best plan for your life, why aren’t we overcome with joy?
We only have to show up. God will do the rest, through us.
Surely, we can rest, and let God do the rest.
Peace and Joy and Bliss and Truth come through surrender.
We have to surrender to God, realizing we never were in control to begin with, and to trust his goodness.
Yes, God is good.
The problem is, we don’t believe that.
We look around the world and say, surely God wouldn’t create this if he were good.
But it is us who miss the mark, and God who is working all things for good.
God has given us free will, this is true. However, we can, give our will back to him, and let him use us for the highest good.
This will not come without hardship, but if we really want the highest good, we can allow God to work through us.
If we are truly surrendered, we can have true peace, that passes all understanding.
Joy that overflows.
Truth in our very bones.
Bliss in every moment.
We become containers of heaven.
Containers that spill out into the world. Overflowing.
People will ask us, why are you so joyous?
I have surrendered to Christ, you will say. It is God who works in meaccording to his will.
In John 10:10 Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
Life abundantly.
People think having a relationship with God is boring but God is the most dynamic, energetic, powerful being in the Universe. Not only that, he is filled with joy and peace and bliss and truth, and of course, love as well.
Love is God’s nature.
God is love.
Therefore, if God is in you, you too, are love.
You have love to give to everyone you meet.
Love abundantly.
You see, God’s very nature is love and peace and joy and bliss and truth, and we can know God, and thus be filled with these qualities of being.
Here are the steps to experiencing joy and bliss and love and peace and truth.
Acknowledge there is a God.
Acknowledge God is good.
Acknowledge God has your best interest in mind.
Surrender your life and will to God.
Spend time with God.
Feel first hand his love and peace. His very nature.
Realize his nature is now your nature, too.
Give away everything you have. All the peace and joy and bliss and love and truth.
Receive more.
Give away everything you have.
Receive more.
Stand in awe.
Co-laboring with God is the most beautiful, dynamic, joyous thing you can possibly do. With God, we can do great things. Apart from him we can do nothing.
I often say, I couldn’t pump gas without God. And its true. I need him every second.
We all do.
“Taste and see that the Lord is good.” Psalm 34:8
I invite you in. Spend some time alone with God today. Taste and see that he is good. So very good. He wants to fellowship with you. He wants to help you. He wants to bless you.
He wants you to overflow with Joy & Peace & Bliss & Love & Truth.
You are closer than you think you are!