"I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.” (John 15:11 HCSB)
As amazed as I am that, as Julie Ackerman Link reminded us in today’s ODB, that He has chosen to call us friend, I am totally dumbfounded that He chose to adopt me into His family. As a father, I know a feel such joy when I hear others comment to me about how well-behaved and polite my three-year-old son is (which I immediately blame on his mother ;-) ). This is the joy that came to mind since it follows so close after the call to obedience in verse 10, that we can bring Him joy just as I find joy when my child is well-behaved.
My second time looking through the passage, it jumped out that it’s not just that He desires to find joy in us, but also to place joy in us to grow into completeness. Obedience was never intended to be burdensome, but a route to joy and abiding in His love.
Andy Jentes
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