Fulness of Joy

Picking up a thread from yesterday's blog, when God zeroes in on our sin, He is not trying to be hard on us. He is trying to bring us to a point where we can be useful to Him, and where He can bless us. Obedience to God is always about Him and His purposes first. But if we obey, there will eventually be blessings for us (in His time, not ours). If He directs us to do something hard, he wants us to fulfill His purposes, and be a blessing to someone else. But He also wants to bless us. God is not a killjoy, ready to pounce on us the moment we sin. He wants us to have fullness of joy in Him.