WHEN a woman is pregnant, it is as a result of an intimate encounter in private. That encounter shows up in public months later. If nothing happens in public, that means that nothing happened in private.
God wants new life in Him to be manifested. He wants the life of Jesus, lived thousands of years ago, to become your experience. He wants the intimacy of your relationship with Christ to bring about the power of His presence no matter what your circumstances. He wants your joy to be full as His presence shows up in your life.
How do you know when that life is manifested? Some pregnant women I know throw up but that doesn’t take away the joy of the new life. Some have trouble sleeping but that doesn’t take away the joy of the new life. Some have trouble walking but that doesn’t take away the joy of their new life. For when life is manifested, it overrides the inconveniences that they’ve had to endure.
See, a lot of Christians are looking for happiness. They want a better house, a bigger car, or nicer circumstances. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that. But when they don’t get those things, they don’t have joy. That’s because life hasn’t been manifested.
Even if you have to throw up the house, if you’ve got life, you still have joy. Even if you have to lose the job, if you have life, you have joy. Even if you have to lose the circumstances, if you have life, you have joy. Your joy will be full because your belly is full with the manifestation of Jesus Christ.907
[Christian Living, New Life]
John 15:11