Categories: THE WORD, Weekly Messages

Do the Mission to the End with Joy and Excitement

Matthew 24:13

but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Haggai 1:14

So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God,…

God Helps Those Who Do His Work

God and the Holy Spirit help those who do Their work by inspiring their hearts to become united and to do God’s work with joy and excitement. You can handle the work only when your heart, mind, and thoughts are excited with hope. For those who keep their faith until the end and do the work together with the Holy Trinity, nothing is impossible for them. When you go until the end, you will make gains and open up pathways to gain even more.  

People Live by Joy, Hope, and Vision

The more you endure through hardships and continuously take action according to God’s Will, the more your heart will continuously be filled with the joy and excitement of fulfilling His Will. If you are excited, tasks are easier to do. 

When somebody is stirred up or excited to the extreme, they only think and keep taking action while being immersed in it. Their eyes of wisdom and intelligence will open, and the hardships of the task will be forgotten. 

If you do things at a high spiritual level, then it will bring glory to God. You become immersed in it and that becomes excitement and joy. The more deeply you pray, the more spiritual joy you’ll experience. But once you come out of prayer, that spiritual joy of the prayer will end. 

Joy and excitement also come from doing righteous acts. Excitement from righteous acts is far stronger than the excitement coming from doing worldly things (drugs, alcohol, sexual acts). 

Keep Going

We need to persevere for the sake of righteousness, as that leads to excitement in the heart.

When tribulations or persecutions come, be excited with the joy of the mission that God and the Holy Spirit have given you. If you stop along the way just because something is hard, and you fail to endure, the joy and excitement that God gives will end.

Throughout the Bible, there are many figures who went through severe injustices and suffering. However, their joys and blessings were tremendous. A few examples include Jesus, Joseph, and Job. Just like these biblical figures, you must march forward in your respective positions, even if the rainstorms blow and the snow blizzards strike. 

If you stop following the path you were following, the spiritual excitement will end. When you overcome extreme suffering, God gives you extreme blessings. Even amidst hardships, happiness comes and goes. And even in the midst of joy, pain also comes and goes.

Just because something is hard, we must not stop taking action. There is hope as much as things are difficult. You have to possess the heart of wanting to fulfill the purpose. Only then will joy not disappear and excitement in your heart continue. If your heart is defeated due to hardships, Satan will come and drag you away. You will win only if you fight with excitement. Be joyful and excited about keeping your faith, despite tribulations. If you follow the Holy Trinity, you will always go forth with excitement in the hearts of your spirit, soul, and body. 

You Can’t Do It Alone

When facing extreme tribulations, persecution, and hardships, you can only triumph when you fight together with the Almighty Trinity and the one sent. For those who left God’s domain, there are no rewards for them. They became people ruled over by death. 

Living a life of obeying the Word is joy, hope, and excitement. During the process, you will experience various forms of suffering. This applies not just to religion but to every aspect of life. Gaining something requires effort, and after gaining, you may face hardships as a result of that. 

Make it your joy to do God’s work and live with excitement. If you don’t know the reason for doing a task, or don’t know God’s Will, or lack sense, then you’ll be unable to feel the joy of the work. Only if you sense it with your body, heart, and eyes will you be alive in your heart, mind, and thoughts and become excited and joyful.

Enjoy the process of developing your faith through various aspects together with the Almighty Trinity. Don’t build your faith with resentment, irritability, and complaints. Instead, engage in your faith with joy, thanksgiving, delight, and gladness. Do things for God’s Purpose of Creation. There are things that remain forever only if you live according to God’s Will. That life is heaven and you will receive an eternal inheritance.