It's All About the Holy Spirit

When we are walking with the Spirit it is like swimming down stream, little to no effort is needed to float along effortlessly.

When we are resisting the Spirit of God it is akin to swimming upstream against the current, it is a fight and exhausting.

John 14:23 "Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”

Deuteronomy 5:33 "You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess."

Life will not always be easy for the believer following Christ, but it will always feel safe and confident. The joy never leaves one who walks with Christ, even through emotions with tears, the joy remains strong.