Fullness of Joy

 Fullness of Joy 

Ps.16.11 - You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

In Christ alone is fullness of Joy.  Every joy or happiness obtain in this world without Christ is temporal.  If the world itself is temporal it can only offer you temporal benefits if your life and happiness is predicated on it. Wealth and riches will fade away, position and power are time bound, wisdom of this world wearies the heart and kills, fame destroys. Only the love of Christ through the redemptive work and sacrifice on the Cross brings joy everlasting. He has paid all the debts and consequences of sin and death, He rode triumphantly over them. 

Are you searching for joy in this world of chaos?  Try Jesus.  He is the source of life, pleasure and Joy. Our Joy is in fellowship with the Father and the Son.  Our joy is in obedience to His command that we should love one another.  When you obey His command to love and care for one another,  we find fullness of Joy.  Running after earthly Joy will only lead to emptiness and insatiability.  If you attach your Joy to earthly investments and money, you  may never  have enough to buy eternal joy. No amount of riches or wealth seem sufficient for any man  Those who think power and position will give them Joy, they get it and still wanting more. Some attached their Joy to building houses and possessing the costliest properties and treasures of great value, yet couldn't really find the inner joy they desperately wanted. 

 

 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Matt.6:19- 21

The secret of full joy is living and investing in the Kingdom where there's no fraud,  not robber,  not moth to destroy it. God’s presence is a place of Joy and satisfaction. The place where sorrow and tears would be wiped away completely. The experience of this kingdom begins the day you  make a decision for Christ. Cast all your troubles and sorrow on Him,  He cares for us all.  Don't let you pain and sorrow hold your in boundage longer than it has, release it at the feet of the cross. If you're afflicted and empty in your soul, call upon His name He will answer your prayers and make your joy full again. John 16:24.

Readings: Click here  John 15:1-11; 1 John 1:1-7; Psalm 16

Prayers and Declaration of Faith:

I am trading my sorrow,  I am trading my pain, my sickness,  and my shame. I lay them down for the Joy of the Lord. 

I reject every pain by the blood of Jesus.  I am the ransom of the Lord 

Oh God of joy,  take away all my sorrow and bitterness.  Fill my heart with the unending Joy of Your kingdom.  Uproot every root of sorrow, tears and pain in my life and family in Jesus Christ's name. Amen