John 15:1-17
We are all living beings. Normal living beings grow and that requires change in every way. I think we can all agree that changing is difficult, exciting and sometimes painful. Many times change causes us grief. Whether we are the cause or have no control of the impending change the process can be agonizing. Especially, when we don't understand why it is happening or what good can come of it. Change isn't the only thing that can cause us to deflate or leak but everyday expectations and responsibility, good bad or indifferent, can do the same.
So how do we go from leaking misery to bubbles of joy! First of all, Isaiah 61:3 tells us that God wishes to bestow on us oil of Joy INSTEAD of grief. To have something bestowed upon us we must be willing to accept the gift. That means we need to admit that we are leaking and in need of the oil of joy. This is only possible if we remain in Jesus. This is an every day, sometimes a moment by moment choice. In this passage in John Jesus is talking to the disciples and encouraging them to persevere in their relationship with Him. If we obey His commands and therefore remain in His love, He promises us that our Joy will be complete as His Joy is complete.
Choose to submerse yourself in The Word and you can be reassured that only Love - bubbles of Joy will overflow - completely.
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