Why Our Joy Withers

God, because of His love for us, shows us that our joy withers whenever we fail to give Him our undivided attention! 1. God shows Himself to us in our suffering. (v.1-4) 2. God insists that we awake from our complacency. (v.5) 3. God reveals the withering of our joy, whenever He is not our very life. (v.6-12) What is distracting us from God, and how harmful is that? To whom are we called to pass on truth? 2 Tim 2:2, Ps. 78:4 How is complacency a present danger in our lives? Rev. 4:11. Evaluate our level of joy; what is God's goal? John 15:11