Fullness of Joy

Fullness of Joy

“Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” John 16:24. “And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.” 1 John 1:4.

Think that that was the intention with what John wrote! This is very significant! It is quite clear that this can occur here during the time of our sojourn, and that our joy can be full!

The Scriptures exhort us powerfully to: Rejoice always! This is impossible if our hope is not alive in our inner man. Yet it is definitely possible by means of this living hope. God be highly praised for this hope that accomplishes such great and glorious things in our inner man.

Two requirements have to be met before you can honestly say that your joy is full:

1. That it is very great.

2. That it is always present.

This wonderful joy consists of two parts:

1. Joy over what God has already done in our life.

2. Joy because of everything He will yet do in the future, joy because He will complete His work in us (Phil. 1:6), and joy over the subsequent, everlasting glory in every sense of the word—both inwardly and outwardly.