I found joy at training camp. Well actually, it found me.
Jesus joy.
It's different than happiness because happiness is circumstantial but joy exsists amongst worry, fear, and sorrow. And joy overcomes. Sorrow melts away. Worry runs in the opposite direction. Fear cannot last in a person filled with Jesus joy.
Happiness is content to live in one person but joy is contagious. Jesus joy is what turns you into a leaky bucket. You have to share it because, well, why would you not?
Jesus joy transforms the insecure into the confident, the shy into the bold, the worriers into people filled with peace.
Encouragement springs forth from joy.
You can have joy without happiness but you cannot have true happiness without joy. Unlike happiness, joy does not put on a mask.
Jesus joy can exisit amongst turmoil and poverty. A joy filled person follows Jesus anywhere He goes because they know that He is the source of their joy.
Joy dances and sings, it is compassionate and peaceful, it cannot be overcome and it cannot run dry. And people filled with Jesus joy do not worry about losing it because they have a personal relationship with the Joy Dealer.
The Holy Spirit has an endless supply of joy to give you. Just ask for it. But be warned, once you recieve this Jesus joy your life will change. You'll have to share it.
Jesus joy is what makes people go to the nations because joy filled people want others to experience the same joy. They long for despair and hopelessness so that they can dance in with their Jesus joy and watch it abolsih despair and terminate hopelessness.
Joy filled people are not comfortable to stay where Jesus is not. Rather, they have to follow because the only thing more addictive than living in Jesus joy is watching others experience it too.
I have Jesus joy.
What about you?
