John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
The devil loves confusion. When life is complex, he insists on over-simplifying. In the same way, when life is simple, he suddenly strokes a professorial beard and starts pontificating about complexity. His goal is always that we miss the point, remain clueless, and just not get it. Today’s verse is a sample of God’s simplicity. Why did Jesus come and what was His goal? The professorial devil will emit clouds of abstract theory and reams of theological bafflegab like a panicked squid in order to obscure the simple truth: Jesus came to have joy in us and that we would have joy in Him. Today, have joy in Christ, for He rejoices in you. Joy is, as C.S. Lewis rightly said, the serious business of Heaven.
