Advent 3.2 - Joy
December 18, 2022 • Jason Williams
The source of Joy!
Jesus is the source of our joy!
John 15:11 (AMP)
I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.
John 17:13 (AMP)
But now I am coming to You; and I say these things [while I am still] in the world so that they may experience My joy made full and complete and perfect within them [filling their hearts with My delight].
The joy you and I have as Christians is the joy of Jesus. He says my joy, not joy like mine.
Jesus wants to take the joy that He has and place it in you.
Jesus just like us wasn't always happy but He was always full of joy.
Hebrews 1:9 (ESV)
God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
The word gladness in the original language means to leap or to jump.
Do you remember when Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, came to greet Mary, and both of them had babies in their wombs?
The Bible says the baby in Elizabeth’s womb leaped for joy in the presence of the Son of God.
The word used for leaped in the original language is the same word used for gladness in Hebrews 1:9.
Happiness is an individual’s perception.
Joy comes when we totally surrender our lives to Jesus and live life led by the Holy Spirit.
The best way to surrender to your life is to draw near to Jesus. Just like when John was close to Jesus in the womb.
Draw near to Jesus and you will find that will be filled real joy.
Draw near to Jesus and ask Him to open your eyes and ears to the beautiful plan He has for your life.
Draw near to Jesus and receive a joy that can never be taken away from you.
