JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Light Reflection is from John 15:11.

Jesus said to His disciples, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”

Having God’s love in our hearts leads us to a place of complete joy. To understand the pathway to joy, we need to recall His previous statement in verses 9 and 10. He said, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept the Father’s commands and remain in his love.”

Joy is a light that shines brightly as a result of walking in an intimate relationship with God. Isaiah 60, verse 5 says, “Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy.”

This Light Reflection inspires us to live with the joy that comes from the Lord in the Year to Shine.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com