Today's Scripture text to study is John chapter 15 with particular attention to verse 11, which says, These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
We must reach the maturity level in our Christian walk where we realize that our lives as Christians do not stop and restart; meaning we are not just Christians when we feel happy or when we are at church or when things are going well for us. Instead as soon as we believe in our hearts and make our confession we are at that moment Christians.
That means that the totality of our lives is now enfolded into that definition and there are good days, down days, delights, and depressions. There are happy times and sad times, times of celebration and times of great sorrows that come with the human condition. However, what I am sharing today is that God wants one thing to remain constant in the life of the Christian because His character rests upon it. He wants us to always have the embers of His joy burning within us.
We go to the gas station to get fuel that will feed the engine of our vehicle so that the potential of that 2000 pound or more mechanised machine won't just be found somewhere on the side of the road unusable. God realizes that we are the same. He has placed within each of us the measure of faith and spiritual gifting, but all of that is useless without His joy remaining in us as that ember of fuel that continues to ignite purpose in us.
Here is what we ought to be excited about within this scripture:
1. Verse 2 explains that if you are trying God sees, knows, and recognizes that you are doing all that you can. Now what you must wrap your mind around is that in order for Him to take you to another level He has got to subject you to a process of weeding (training) and pruning (changing the pattern of your growth). These together will ultimately make you more productive (fruitful).
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