2Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1: 2-3 HCSB
You should tell your face that you have the Joy of the Lord in your heart. Does that statement make you wonder? It does me when I see people who say they are saved. As I interact with people on a daily basis I wonder if they have told their faces they are saved. You see our facial expressions tell a lot about our lives. Now I understand that you may not always be happy. Since happiness is based upon your surroundings and what is currently happening in your life. We all go through those stages. Joyfulness is based upon what is in your heart. When you are saved the Lord places His Joy in your heart. You see you have passed from death to life, so you are no longer a walking dead person, but now have life. The Bible goes on to tell us that we should consider trials of this life a matter of Joy, because it will increase our faith. I know all of this sounds impossible, but when if you are truly saved then you know I am right. You see we as children of God are strange people according to the Bible. People do not understand how we are to have this joy going through tough times of life. But when our face doesn’t show the joy in our hearts, then why in the world would a lost person want what we claim to have? So I suggest that either you send missionaries to your face and let it know that you have accepted the good news in your heart, or maybe you really need to accept the Good news.
Thoughts from Pastor Toney 