1 John 1:1-4 “What was from the beginning, what we have
heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with
our hands, concerning the Word of Life- and the life was manifested, and we
have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the
Father and was manifested to us- what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you
also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is
with the Father, and with His Son Jesus
Christ. These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.” (NASB)
Hello,
This past weekend I spent a good amount of time reading
through the book of 1 John, and some things really stood out to me. The first
verse that struck me was verse 4, where John talks about his joy being
complete. It struck me because like many of you (I assume) I am easily pulled
into the mentality of pushing for more. It could be for more responsibility at
work, more appreciated by others, more connection with family, more time to do
personal things. But we have to watch that push. More is not wrong – but when
it becomes the decision point of whether you have joy or not…..then it is
wrong. Our joy has a completion point, it is in the person of Jesus Christ and
the relationship His work on the cross brings to God the Father.
We can chase after things – but we don’t need to chase Joy,
we have it through Jesus already.
Have a blessed day – I pray this reminder is valuable to you
as it was to me.
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