The power of joy I witnessed… came as a response to prayer…
Prayer for joy… and respect for others… a binding up of greed… and pride…
A prayer for a right focus on Him…
And you see… as I prayed… my heart changed too…
The anxiety of watching a son compete… was not present… there was a calm… no real disappointment… with each point lost… or the exuberant pride… at a point won…
There was joy… for me too… no matter the score…
And what I recognized today… found in the treadmill read… the joy experienced… was based on fear… fear-of-the-Lord…
…”fear-of-the-Lord.” It is the stock biblical phrase for the way of life that is lived responsively and appropriately before who God is, who he is as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
— Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
A right attitude to His Sovereignty… even on a court… a right attitude toward an opponent… made in His image… one to be respected…
A right attitude toward the potential for spiritual warfare… and His place in overcoming it…
Fear based joy… born of a desire to obey… and glorify Him…
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