I was in the car, making jokes…by myself, laughing after a slightly crude antic-dote (that I wouldn’t repeat in church).
I drove by a sign that said, “God doesn’t want you in church, he wants you in His presence.”
I was thinking, “I want to be in God’s presence all the time”, and “God, You’re here”, and He said “Yeah, I’m here” and in light of the joke that I just cracked, I said “Lord, do you ever… can you ‘lighten up’? Do you ever… can you find humor in sin?” and He said, “No.”
He said “If you had any idea of how dark the darkness is, you’d understand that there’s no excuse for it. And if you knew how bright the light is, you’d understand that every bit of gray is only keeping you from the incredible goodness of everything godly.”
Although we find humor sometimes in things that are witty or sarcastic, sometimes might include profanity or making fun of something; wickedness is wickedness, and if we think it’s taking away joy to not laugh at wickedness, we don’t have an understanding of how joyful the light is designed to be.
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That was recorded in a voice memo while driving. Here are some more thoughts on the subject:
Non-Christians think that being a Christian takes the fun out of life. It is true that there is a transition process of letting go of our dark habits and learning to switch from “fun” to “joy”, but that’s not to say that we don’t have fun. It’s FUN to pray for someone and see them freak out just a little bit because they got healed of a pain or condition that they have carried around for years. It’s fun to hug people who are in tears of joy because they just received the encouragement or the reminder that God loves them and created them to be a son or daughter for His enjoyment… and ours.
It’s fun to have a group of believers worshiping God around a fire pit playing music and hearing from the Lord in a group setting.
Is your Christian life fun? Are you stuck in gray humor? As for me, I just became aware of it, so I have some work to do, but if you know who I am, I invite you to join me. I am often having or seeking Kingdom fun, and would love your company.