JOY = REMAIN
What if the key to true joy isn't adding more to your life, but taking something off?
In Israel, our teacher asked us to remove our hiking boots and walk barefoot on rocky terrain. Suddenly, every step required intention, awareness, and trust. This is what it looks like to roll your life onto God's path—slow, deliberate, dependent.
We love our "hiking boots"—the confidence to go wherever we want, whenever we want. But John 15 calls us to something different: "Remain in me, and I will remain in you... I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete."
Joy isn't found in control. It's found in surrender. It's a daily choice to take off the boots, step onto His path, and follow the Shepherd—even when it's uncomfortable. But we can do it when we remain in Him. In Him, we will have our joy!
In Israel, our teacher asked us to remove our hiking boots and walk barefoot on rocky terrain. Suddenly, every step required intention, awareness, and trust. This is what it looks like to roll your life onto God's path—slow, deliberate, dependent.
We love our "hiking boots"—the confidence to go wherever we want, whenever we want. But John 15 calls us to something different: "Remain in me, and I will remain in you... I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete."
Joy isn't found in control. It's found in surrender. It's a daily choice to take off the boots, step onto His path, and follow the Shepherd—even when it's uncomfortable. But we can do it when we remain in Him. In Him, we will have our joy!
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