Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Psalm 51:12-13
Friend—joy is important to winning people to Jesus Christ. Did you know that we have nothing that is more winsome and more attractive to bringing people to Jesus Christ than the joy of the Lord? A cold, dry faith has no appeal. David, the man who wrote the Psalms, got out of fellowship with God, and he lost his joy. And, when he lost his joy, he stopped being a soul winner. And, he prayed, "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee" Psalm 51:12-13. What is David saying? David said, "When I get my joy back, I'll be a soul winner."
You see, joy is the proof that what we have is real, and that it satisfies. Did you hear me? Joy is the proof that what we have is real, and that it satisfies. Joy is necessary in bringing unsaved people to Jesus Christ.
That same joy is important in living the Christian life. It is joy that lubricates life. It is joy that lifts the burden. It is joy that takes the pain and the dreariness out, and the weariness out of any work. I can tell you from personal testimony that there are times when I get weary in body, and weary in mind, and I begin to praise the Lord, and His joy floods my soul and my body, and it literally energizes my physical frame—that the joy of the Lord is strength.
