“In Your presence is fullness and joy.” Psalm 16:11

“In Your presence is fullness and joy.”  Psalm 16:11

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At times we might hear ourselves thinking, “I could be happy if only…!”  We might even speak our discontent out loud and become a “St. Complainuis.”  (That is actually a saint’s name I made up one time to describe a complaining Christian.)  Until a person comes into a personal relationship with Jesus it is easy to have a complaining attitude.  (To have a personal relationship with Jesus is so easy.  You simply invite Jesus to come into your heart. It is a response to His own invitation, “ Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him/her , and will dine with him/her and he/she with Me.” Revelation 3:20) 

From my own experience this is a life-changing event!  I finally invited Jesus  into my heart when I was 35 years old.  No one until that point, had ever told me that Jesus wanted a personal relationship with me!  I knew about Jesus.  I loved Jesus.  I believed in Jesus’ saving power of love for us on the cross.  But I didn’t know He loved me so much that He wanted to have a relationship with me.  The fullness of God’s joy came into my heart the day I invited Jesus in.  He said, “I have told you this so that My own joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”  John 15:11  No longer do you need to find joy in earthly things.  When you have Jesus and His presence in your heart, you have the fullness of joy!