Quiet Delight

When my adult children were young and we were attending a local church, they were in the kid’s choir. One of the very energetic songs that they learned and sang contained the lyrics, “Cause I got Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy, down in my my heart. Where? Down in my heart. Where? Down in my heart.” I loved to hear them sing that song, and wondered what Joy was.

I would go searching for Joy, down in my heart and never seemed to find it. I was looking for enthusiasm or strong happy feelings, or lively singing of praise songs, or unbridled worship of God. Was it there in my heart?

I remember having breakfast with my pastor one morning, excited about something that I read in a book by Andrew Murray, who was a pastor in Scotland in the 17th century. Over and over again, the theme of the book was, God is the Origin of Everything; and Everything that He is, Comes as a Gift from Him to His Elect Children. I read a paragraph to my pastor that included a verse from the Bible that included the word, Joy.

“But the Fruit of The Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Self-control.”

I looked up at him with a smile on my face and said, “It’s only His Fruit and He makes it mine by His Presence in me,       because He Loves me.” He sat quietly smiling at me, delighting in the Presence of Truth.

The word Joy in the Bible means, “Quiet, calm Delight.” Only God could Possess Quiet, Calm Delight, because He never changes. He is the Same yesterday, today and forever. More recently He Has Shown me the Joy in my Heart. Where? Down in my Heart.

He is my Heart and He Quietly Delights in me.   .  . and I Quietly Delight in the ones that I love. He Calmly Loves me without conditions, and in spite of the kind of person that I am at times. What Joy down in my heart.

What a LOVE to Possess, that Possesses me. What a Gift from Him. He is the GIFT. He is JOY. He is the Delight of my soul. He is the Peace in my heart. I do have Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy, down in my Heart. What Heavenly Fruit.

Freely Given.   Freely Received.   Free, to the seekers of Joy.