Joy

Joy is a desire to know Him more, and a longing to seek Him with all of our hearts. It is from that deep longing that calls us away from the world, and then a knowledge in hearing that call, that we are not required to do anything to obtain His future favor. It is joy in Him alone. It does not focus on our requirements of what joy should be. It is what He is as present before we go into prayer that attracts us to His speaking to us in our communication to Him. We are going to Him who has promised to fill us with His love and give us rest from our burdens and trials. Here is where joy meets grief and overcomes sorrow. Whether we are in the process of trying to unburden our sorrow, or we are bubbling over with joy in coming to Him for the unspeakable experience of glory, this joy is unfeigned in its obtaining something from Him, since He is whatever we need. Our joy is possessed with His present protective power to overcome any conscious worry about a defect or a blemish in our circumstance. What ever irritation of the smallest magnitude, our joy is under the power of His silencing the smallest sense of the flesh, that we experience true silence under His peace that passes our understanding , or even the smallest irritation's to our understanding. When we Hear Him calling, we have a deep sense of joy.