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So pretty much every time that Paul talks about blessings or gifts we may receive or even our joy, it's "in Christ" or "through Christ". Such as Ephesians 1:3, Ephesians 2:6-7.
Does that mean that our joy is to come exclusively from loving Jesus so much that we're overjoyed that everything that is given to Jesus even if we receive nothing ourselves personally? Just vicarious joy, like if your son or daughter has something good happen to them you're just happy for them even if it never happened to you?
I don't know if I can get to that point of selflessness that I don't feel like I'm lacking things am just happy that someone else has it instead even if I'm lacking.
I love others and can be happy for things that are good that happen to others but I still would like blessings for me personally and want things for myself too. Anything good that I have, I would want everyone else to have too, or share what I have, but I also don't want to be excluded from what others have.
Does that mean that our joy is to come exclusively from loving Jesus so much that we're overjoyed that everything that is given to Jesus even if we receive nothing ourselves personally? Just vicarious joy, like if your son or daughter has something good happen to them you're just happy for them even if it never happened to you?
I don't know if I can get to that point of selflessness that I don't feel like I'm lacking things am just happy that someone else has it instead even if I'm lacking.
I love others and can be happy for things that are good that happen to others but I still would like blessings for me personally and want things for myself too. Anything good that I have, I would want everyone else to have too, or share what I have, but I also don't want to be excluded from what others have.