“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love… I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. John 15:9,11

Are you experiencing the joy of the Lord today?  If we are in Christ’s love, His joy should be in us and it should be complete.  The consequences of that should be evident on our face, in our attitudes and in our actions for all to see.  What do people see in us as we are grocery shopping, while we are at work, while we are browsing stores or walking in our neighborhoods?

A.W. Tozer said:

The Christian owes it to the world to be supernaturally joyful.  In this day of universal apprehension when people’s hearts are failing them for fear of those things that are coming upon the earth, we Christians are strategically placed to display a happiness that is not of this world and to exhibit a tranquility that will be a little bit of heaven here below.

How are we doing?  The transformation that takes place in us when we receive Christ as our Savior, should not only change our abiding place from earth to heaven, but it should change everything about us because we have become new creations – from the inside out, and that should be evident.

Tozer also wrote:

The people of God ought to be the happiest people in the world.  People should be coming to us constantly and asking the source of our joy and delight – redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, our yesterdays behind us, our sin under the blood forever and a day, to be remembered against us no more forever.  God is our Father, Christ is our Brother, the Holy Spirit is our Advocate and Comforter.  Our Brother has gone to the Father’s house to prepare a place for us, leaving with us the promise that He will come again!

If that doesn’t fill our hearts with joy and put a smile on our face….  Perhaps that’s a good place to start every morning, reminding ourselves of who we are in Christ and what He has done for us.  Then we can carry that joyful smile with us in hopes of touching the lives of those whose paths God crosses with ours.

Let’s show the complete joy we have in Christ!