Joy. Fully.
Walking into a well known store a few weeks ago, I wasn’t expecting God to speak, but there on a massive banner sprawled over the indoor entrance He spoke.
Joy. Fully.
That’s all the banner said, but it was all I needed to see. It was a holy revelation from a surprising unexpected source!
Most of my life joy has come easy to me, but joy is something I have struggled with a little over the past couple years and I have come to realize that true joy does not change just because the circumstances do! Recently, God has been showing me that he wants me to regain joy in an even greater depth than before. He wants me to experience the fullness of joy.
That banner sent me on a journey to discover the meaning of joy. Fully. and I am learning so much!!
One of the first things God showed me is that for too long I have underestimated the power joy holds.
In the Bible, Nehemiah 8:10 says the joy of the Lord is my strength and yet I certainly haven’t always lived out the full potential of joy because I never took the time to understand what that really meant. I am determined to change that going forward!
Another thing God showed me is that His character is very joy conscious and that His desire is that I Joy. Fully. in the way I live my life.
“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL”
“Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is FULLNESS OF JOY; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
The message is powerful in its simplicity, Joy. Fully.
It isn’t complicated but it is a choice. A choice to continue in the love of God and to seek to stand in His presence.
So that is what I am going to deliberately choose to do. As I step into this holiday season and almost new year, I am going to choose to Joy. Fully. in my Father’s love and delight in His presence with child like abandon!
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