Joy in God

I'm re-reading Piper's Desiring God for the first time in about 10 years. Btw, it's available free online now....click here.

The following thoughts were prompted by chapter 4 on "Love."

Given that God is a being who loves certain things and is completely full of joy in such, it would make sense that as we love what He loves we will be filled with the same joy. In order to do this, we must see what He sees. That is the job of the Scriptures (Rom 12:1-2) and Christian community (see the "one another" passages in the New Testament). As we view life from His viewpoint, we're aligning our desires with His desires and therefore, full of joy.

Father, help us to approach our devotional reading in the Bible and our time with each other with this attitude. Help us to not lose out on the opportunity to be conformed to your image, and therefore experience true, lasting joy, as we meditated on the Scriptures and meet together.