the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. John 16:22. There when the disciples were assembled came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. John 20:19-20. Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed, John 20:29.
The disciples were glad to see Jesus again, as the wise men from the East were glad once more to see the star which they had lost sight of while visiting Herod. To this day no man has taken their joy from them. Who shall now take it from them? He who knows this joy loathes all other joys which do not proceed from it or lead to it. Have you been made a partaker of that joy which consists in knowing the living Jesus risen in you that He dwells in you? Have you ever been sad and miserable because you did not possess Jesus, or because you had lost Him? Have you ever, like the disciples, gathered yourself in the room of your heart, to wait for the Lord and to be made a partaker of Him? Then He must already have entered your heart, or He will soon come to visit you. Only have patience, and you shall know no joy like the joy of possessing Him. True, you cannot here taste the joy of seeing as the disciples saw Him: but that will not in the least impair the true and far greater joy of possessing Him and of tasting His nearness. The fact that you do not see Him and yet believe, and through faith have Him dwelling in your heart, will enhance your joy, and so far from causing you any disadvantage, will bring you all the greater bliss.
Jesus, our only joy be Thou!
As Thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now.
And through eternity.
