Righteousness Produces Great Joy

A better view of the low lying plains, comes into view from a raise plateau. Your able to peer outward and across, surveying the landscape; scoping out potential spots that would be dangerous to travel through. When you rise to the level of your place in Christ; (a very high place, just like the summit of a mountain), your at an advantage. You become sensitive to the atmosphere, that surrounds. Pockets of turbulence that would attempt to cause you to spiral down and to plummet, you avoid. Stay in that raised place. It’s your place of protection.

Colossians 3:2 King James Version (KJV)

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Millions of people around the world, are searching for ways to take care of themselves and there families. And because it’s expected, the Lord put within his word a sure way for you to leave an inheritance for your children’s children Proverbs 13:22 But he has to have your full attention and you must cooperate with his promptings. The Apostle Paul said in 2 Cor.9:8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. Jesus himself said: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you Matthew 6:33. I think it would well worth the effort to invest the time in finding out the specifics of his plan that he has for you. 

Jeremiah 29:11 Living Bible 

11 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jesus came to earth, and lived righteously before his Father.
Showing men, his character, Showing them so much about him.
That set a standard in their minds, now they would mimic his design.
And in doing all, this is the gist, the Apostle Paul prefaced his letters with this.
Rejoice in the Lord always. James said count it all joy, for his grace to deploy,
( when storms are multiplied within you life and on every side). And the Lord In his sermon on the mount did say, leap for Joy when your Persecuted for righteousness sake. Paul And Silas did so and the earth did quake, and they were set free.😉

Hebrews 1:8,9

8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Your not demanding anything from God, he’s backing what you demand from Satan.
John 14:12-14

12 Verily verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask (or demand) any thing in my name, I will do it.

“Ask” in the Greek also carries the connotation of demand

Strong’s Concordance
aiteó: to ask, request
Original Word: αἰτέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: aiteó
Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-teh’-o)
Definition: to ask, request
Usage: I ask, request, petition, demand.

Psalm 20 King James Version (KJV)

1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; ( THE HEAVENLY ZION)
3 Remember all thy offerings, ( your giving, your giving in prayer, your offering of praise and worship)?and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call. ( WE HAVE BEEN MADE KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD)

The heart; the center, the core of your being, the real you.
With the heart man believes; ( God gave you the faith to believe that Jesus is Lord, now the measure of faith can develop and grow to believe that you are made righteous by his righteousness.) Once you believe this, the prayers of the righteous makes much power available.

James 5:16-18

The Prayer of Faith
…16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. 17 Elijah was a man just like us.He prayed earnestly that it would notrain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops

Come on, get up God has so much for you to do. (That’s a word some.)

Romans 10:10
King James Version
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

All a seed needs, is to be placed in the proper environment. You are God’s garden you are God’s husbandry 1 Corinthians. 3:9 When you position yourself in the proper atmosphere, your going to put down roots. Your going to come through the soul of life. Your going to bud, then bloom and grow. Let the Holy Spirit lead you into a place where the rich nutrients of his word will affect your growth.

Isaiah 61:3b
….that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

When we think of the might of the old, ( that is the mighty power God release on the behalf of the Redeemed in the Old Testament), We say, “ How can God top his display of deliverance from temporary evils in our day?” But not only my dear brother, my dear sister does God keep the Uncompromisingly Righteous from the wicked one in the earth, but God looks out from the inside of the Redeemed today. He transacts business not just from the heavenly sphere, but his great acts of salvation are taking place right here. For he’s walking around in the earth on the inside of us. We are mobile temples of the Holy Ghost. So the inside job is a far superior one. Hallelujah! 2 Cor. 6:16b. …. for ye are the temple of the living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Getting midway into a project can be tedious if your energy level decreases. Ahhh, that’s not good. You need strength to persevere until you’ve completed the task. But I have good news for you. Remember when Moses held up his arms while the children of Israel fought with the Amalekites? His arms became heavy and he began to weaken. But Arron And Hur stood beside him. First putting a stone under him so he could sit down, then holding both his arms up until Joshua completed the task of conquering the Amalekite. Today we have the Spirit Of God on the inside of us and he he will quicken your mortal body, meaning giving strength or making you lively and any assignment given you, as you go forward, you remember him that is within. And you can all Upon him in the midst of an intense project knowing, that the strength of God is on reserve for you.
Exodus 17: 11-
…11As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed. 12 When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down. 13 So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.…

Rom8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[e] his Spirit who lives in you.

Not only will he raise you up at the last day, he is able to keep you strong until you approach the ending of your years.
That’s good News

Walking in this life as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ can be done with much grace. ( Meaning he guides your every step, secures your position, and keeps you well and prosperous at the same time.) When we submit ourselves to his word, he surely watches over our lives. And we are enabled to live a long satisfying life in his service.

John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Psalms 92:12

12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

15 Toshew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.