Do you ever feel that when things are going well, you can’t fully enjoy them because you’re just bracing for something bad to happen and ruin it? And when things aren’t going well, does it seem as if they’ll never get better? It’s as though we rob ourselves of joy by foreboding it.
Why do we do this?
We forebode our own joy because our hearts are deceitful—prone to fear, doubt, and a focus on the temporary rather than the eternal. We lean on our own understanding instead of leaning on God. When we dwell on what might go wrong, we invite worry in. When we fixate on the bad, we blind ourselves to the blessings right in front of us. We block joy.
If we find ourselves foreboding joy, we need to turn to God—the source of everlasting joy, the One who is greater than all. In His presence is fullness of joy.
My Light for My Lord 