I bless you beloved reader in the glorious name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
From the throne of God comes an abundant and constant joy that is the product of God's presence in Christians. We all like to experience this wonderful joy when we enter into intimacy with God. However, when the Lord Jesus Christ uttered the following words: "... may my joy be in you and your joy be complete" (John 15: 11), he pronounced them in a very strange moment to speak of joy. and joy, because after a short time he would be in the darkness of Gethsemane, and shortly thereafter he would face his accusers and listen to the mockery and insults of those who hated him. Yes, it was just before the agonies of Calvary when he spoke of "my joy ..." and it is very significant that, in the Scriptures, this is the only time he spoke of his joy. How extraordinary will have been the joy of the Lord to remain in Him in such difficult times of trial! And his desire and provision for us (that is, for each believer) is that his joy, which is so different from that of the world, is our joy: "... may my joy be in you and your joy be complete." .
The joy of Christ should be the most frequent in the lives of Christians.
Too often we are sad, gloomy and dejected; but as Christians we should be full of joy in everything: see Philippians 4: 4 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16. The life of the Christian must manifest, from A to Z, the joy of the Lord: joy in conversion (Acts 8:39), joy in reading the Holy Word of God (Jeremiah 15:16), joy in the prayer (John 16:24), joy in tribulations (James 1: 2), joy in suffering (Acts 5:41), joy in service (2 Corinthians 1:24) and joy at the end of the road (Hebrews 12 : 22). If we belong to the Lord, we must always rejoice.