Scripture makes it clear that the Savior joys in His people, and is pleased to meet with us here this morning.
First, Jesus is certainly here with us today, for He told His disciples, that wherever two or three of us gather in His name, He is in the midst with us.
Jesus was promised of olden time by God that Christ would see His saved ones. Isaiah recorded it this way: "He shall see His seed."
In Hebrews 12, there is reference made to the joy set before Christ, by which He endured the pain and agony of the cross. No doubt that joy which Christ anticipated, included the saving of His loved ones, that is, the sure prospect of "seeing His seed," those whom He was about to redeem!
In His high priestly prayer, Jesus refers to His joy – "these things I speak unto the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves."
Thus, the joy of Christ in saving us, is fulfilled in each of us when we first believe on Him and enter into His glorious salvation!
Indeed, He delights in mercy toward us, as Micah recorded: "Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger forever, because He delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
God's joy breaks forth in singing over us! As Zephaniah recorded, "The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy, He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing!"
Christ rejoices over the saving of His lost sheep, whom He seeks out and finds and brings home safely! |
