Zechariah 14:9 English Standard Version (ESV) And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.

Here is BibleGateway’s verse of the day for June 29th.

Suddenly I thought “I’m ready. Do it!”

Sadly God’s purpose and plans are not subject to my wishes.

There are prophecies that have not been completed. That is speculative. How this church age plays out in relationship to this day in Zechariah is beyond me. That doesn’t influence my desire to see an end to all the injustices I see in this world. My sudden thought is full of judgment and desire for justice.

When we trust God we should not substitute His plans and purposes with our desires. We can pray about it and should, but we have to end those prayers with “Thy will be done.”

God will never give up His will because He is perfect in purpose and design. If He were not perfect in design, then it could be possible that I am not saved and I know with all my heart that I am saved.

I don’t blame others that get insecure about their salvation. It takes an enormous amount of trust and I have trust issues. That is me in my personal life and experiences. It isn’t spiritual, it is emotional. My desire for it all to be over is emotional.

When we study God’s Word we will see a number of emotional conditions that He wants us to give up in favor of our love for Him. Sadly loving God does not stop us from being emotional. It comes down to a matter of recognizing the source of our emotions, godly or worldly. God created us to be emotional people. God is love and being created in His image, we love.

But we didn’t begin loving perfectly as God loves. We always came up short. Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross showed us what God’s love can do. His love could take up residence within us in His abiding presence.

John 15:9-11 English Standard Version

9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Is joy an emotion or something more?