Today’s Encouragement is, “I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!” John 15:11 NLT
Filled With My Joy –
Jesus made this amazing, almost shocking statement in His final message to His followers. It is sandwiched between “remain in my Love” (v10) and “love each other” (v12). He told us that remaining in His Love, that is, living continuously cognizant of the perfect Love and acceptance of God Himself… will fill us with Joy!
Do you know it? Jesus’ Joy?
So many of us live under a cloud, a gray cloud of this world and its problems. Disease, divorce, death, decay – this world is certainly passing away. We are also wearing out, aging, and our life on this earth is only a brief moment in eternity. We truly are “like the morning fog” James 4:14.
Yet as believers, we recognize that this world is not our home. This body, these surroundings, this nation, the war or peace of our country or friends and neighbors… these do not determine our peace of mind and hearts. Our Joy is from the Lord, from the supernatural Love we experience in Christ.
We have every reason to rejoice in Him and to rise and remain above the din and drama of our day-to-day lives. We choose where we focus our minds.
“Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” Nehemiah 8:10
Our Father, help us choose to live and remain in the Truth of Your Joy. Because of Your immeasurable Love for us, we can choose, by faith, to be filled with Your Joy, strengthened and overflowing.
The Joy of the Lord
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