Out of love of God comes out joy — any other joy produced other than the Triune God is short-lived and is not joy at all. For example, the joy that comes after watching a movie is short-lived and that is not the joy we are talking about. When Jesus said in John 17:13, “…they may have the full measure of my joy within them.”
This teaches us joy is within us denoting the spiritual joy is deposited inside us. Joy is a spiritual substance. The world laughs when everything is going well with them. But a believer has joy even in the most difficult situation because this joy is inside them and we can use it whenever we want to use it. The Bible says in Hebrews 12:2, “…who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame…” Jesus had joy inside Him so He could use even at the time of the cross. The Bible tells us in Nehemiah 8:10, “…for the joy of the Lord is your strength” and if we lose our joy, our strength is gone. So, we should be careful to guard our joy in every situation in our life for if our joy remains with us we will be ever victorious but if we lose our joy, the enemy might defeat us and that’s what we learn from the Triune God.
Jesus Christ never lost His joy even at the point of death on the cross — there He could endure death and conquer it. (Hebrews 1:9 says “…therefore God, your God has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”) Now, this verse talks of Jesus, when He was in the flesh He took the sins of the whole world which was very difficult for Him but the Godhead placed Him above His companions by anointing Him with the oil of joy in the spiritual and the physical realm. How? By anointing Him with the oil of Joy. Jesus could smell victory through the joy, which was in and upon Him. In the same manner, if you do not lose your joy in every situation, you will be placed above every situation and smell victory before it happens.
Wow amen 😇
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