So, you eat a good, tasty dinner. And finish it off with a yummy dessert. Maybe some coffee to top it all off. Yeah, you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. In fact, you’re full and completely happy. Then something happens. Before you know it, you’re hungry again. And you have to do it all over again. This goes on, day after day. Week after week. Year after year. Your whole life. No matter how often you eat a good meal, you eventually get hungry again. But there’s one thing that can fill you up and keep you full. It’s the fullness of joy. But you won’t find it even in the snazziest 5 star or diamond restaurants.
Because true fullness of joy only comes from God.
His power, wisdom, and His word. Those are all vital. But they’re still not where the fullness of joy is. Only one thing does that.
His love.
When you are filled with the fullness of God, you’re filled with His love. And then you’ll know the fullness of joy. And all you gotta do, to get it started, is trust in Jesus.
He is THE way to joy. The one and only way. I like to say that JOY should stand for Jesus Owns You.
There’s a place in the Bible where it says you can know “the love of Jesus.” It says that love is way beyond just knowing. God’s love can be a part of who you are. It can BE who you are.
Faith and trust in Jesus helps you can understand God. You can start to understand how His love is higher, deeper, and better than anything else. And you start to understand how He can do way more than you can even imagine. And I bet you have a great imagination. Right?
Well, imagine this.
Imagine Jesus talking out loud and creating the universe, all the angels, Earth, all the creatures, and finally human beings right out of nothing. Can you see Him doing that in your mind? And can you imagine why He did it? Again, it was for one reason. Because the fullness of God is in His love.
And here’s a rhyme to help you remember the reason:
Jesus is the reason you can love.
He’s the only reason that you’re here.
If it weren’t for Jesus and His love,
All the universe would disappear.
Jesus is the one way you can live
For a while and then forever, too.
So, start smiling and get up and show
How the fullness of God lives in you.
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