We are sinners in need of cleansed hands & our hearts are filthy. 

Isaiah 46 tells us our heart is like old feminine napkins that are used and bloody…

Our wavering thoughts and fluctuating emotions make us all double-minded,  with fleeting desires that only bring momentary satisfaction.

We are told in James Chapter 4 to be wretched, which means we should be very unhappy.

We’re also told to mourn & weep. 

This is evident when we’re in the Light of Truth:  we can See that we are nothing, and we’ve been fighting for rotting fruits. 

So our laughter really should be turned to mourning, which is a deep, from the soul, grieving that cuts to your core, an experience most often induced when you lose someone dear to you. 

Our joy really should turn to gloom; meaning that the joy we have in our trivial foolery is putrid in the Eyes of Eternity, as Scripture staye, we’d be better off in a somber depression, wrapped in the darkness of despondency. 

He will raise us up ONLY when we take our lowly place, esteeming ourselves as nothing before Him. 

 

 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, the apostle Paul talks about how he had asked God to remove a “thorn in his flesh,” but God responded by saying, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Paul then goes on to say, “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

So our weakness and vulnerability actually make us more receptive to God’s power and grace. 

Our self-centered and egotistical joy is an abomination to Him, for the Spirit sees the true essence of our actions and judges them based on their substance, longevity, and ultimate end. 

Let us awaken from our delusion and realize the joy rooted in creation is as good as dead because rather than having joy in the one who created us, we chase our own tails, believing we’re on the right path.