Did you know that your happiness comes from obeying God?  Jesus said, if you obey Me —My joy in you will be complete! 

John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. AMPC

During my time with Jesus this morning I saw this graph.  It was a graph of obedience.  At one end was the happiest face ever, which meant complete obedience to Him.  At the other end of the graph was the saddest face ever.  In between were the stages going from saddest to happiest.  As childish as such a graph may seem it gets His point across loud and clear.  Like that saying; pictures speak louder than words.

Jesus was showing me that when we are sad, like really sad —it is because we didn't obey Him.  I had just that experience the day before.  He told me to do something and I didn't do it.  When He told me to do it, I was excited—my happiest ever face!  Then as Jesus warned the enemy came, and I let him steal that Word from me.  I didn't recognize it until Jesus pointed it out.  Even before the graph, I realized that I lost my joy from my unbelief in that good news, in that instruction He gave me. On the graph I was the middle face, not so happy anymore and on my way to sadder.  But I fixed it by doing what Jesus told me to do —and now I am happiest again!  

I was thinking on the scale that as sad as one might get —it is a good indication of not being right with Jesus, and a red flag as to if you will or will not enter into eternal life or not. 

Don't let the enemy talk you out of the good Jesus has for you, graph your facial expression and see where you are on that graph.  If you are not your happiest, then see where you missed it!  Ask Jesus what instruction you missed and then fix it by doing that instruction quickly!

I want to reiterate —it is so important that we obey Jesus in everything He instructs us to do. Even in those instructions that you want to do, but don't do them because the enemy convinced you, you deserve it.  That kind of thinking is not in agreement with Jesus, but the enemy.  He has no good in mind for you and he is out to steal your eternity with Jesus from you.  He knows your obedience will be rewarded as eternal life!  Don't let him steal from you, tell him NO!

Stay happy and enter into eternal life as your reward. Receive your crown as an overcomer!   How much better does it get, to be happy and have eternal life?  Love You Jesus, You are so good to us!

Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.22 Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? 23 And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. AMPC