The Source Of Joy
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness
more than Your companions.
Hebrews 1:9
In John 15:11, Jesus says: “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” The joy you are to have as a Christian is the joy of the Lord Jesus. He says my joy, not joy like mine. Jesus wants to take the joy that He has and place it in you. Perhaps you have thought of Jesus only as a man of sorrows; you have never thought of Him as the Jesus of joy. Hebrews 1:9 says, “God has anointed the Lord Jesus with the oil of gladness above His companions.” The word gladness in the original language means to leap or to jump. Remember how 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 (Luke 1:41). The word used for leaped in the original language is the same word used for gladness in Hebrews 1:9.
Jesus was not a recluse. He performed His first miracle at a wedding, when He changed water into wine. He was so full of life that His enemies called Him a wine bibber and a glutton. He was not, but there was in Him a genuine joy, and if you do not have that joy, you are not like Jesus, for He is literally leaping with joy. True joy can only be found in Jesus Christ, not pleasure, not fame and certainly not unbelief.
Bible Reading
John 15:9-17.
Prayer
By Your love I experience the delight of a quiet heart. Deep down is the joy that cannot be taken away. Lord, may I always keep my eyes on You, my source of joy. In Your name Lord Jesus. I pray. Amen.
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