What was the 'real' Joy that Jesus had?
(Is it perhaps an insult to use the word 'happiness' in connection with Jesus Christ ?) Consideration.......
The joy of Jesus was .....
.....the absolute self-surrender and
....self-sacrifice of Himself to His Father,
.....the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do.
Jesus prayed that our joy might go on fulfilling itself until it was the same joy as His.
To which extend have I allowed Jesus Christ to ..
......introduce His Joy (as outlined above) to 'me' ?
The 'SUCCESS' of my life is NOT in.......
....... bodily health, not in
.......external happenings, NOT in...
.......seeing God's work succeed, but DEFINITELY in
-the perfect understanding of God, and in the communion with Him that Jesus Himself had !
Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.. !
Be an 'instrument' for Jesus Christ to pour living water through.
The life that is rightly related to God is as natural as breathing wherever it goes...
The lives that have been of most blessing to you are those who were unconscious of it.
May me.... you, each be filled with "The Joy" & be willing to be utilized to 're-pour' "this Joy" into the Life's of others.........through You & me.....!
Shalom
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