“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15:11) Jesus wants your joy to be full (Jn. 15:11)! If you had a joy gauge something like a gas gauge, what would your joy gauge read?
The dictionary defines joy as a very glad feeling; happiness; great pleasure; delight. Rejoice means to express joy. There are two aspects of joy – the inward experiencing of joy AND the outward expression of that inward experience.
Notice the dictionary’s definition doesn’t tell us the source of joy or how to get joy! But Jesus told us He is the source of joy and that He wants His joy to remain in us and become our joy! In other words, this kind of joy isn’t dependent upon our circumstances!
What should you do if your joy gauge isn’t full? “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” (John 16:24) Will you?