Inexpressible

Do you remember being a kid and having so much fun you wished it would never end? Can you recall that kind of joy? It was inexpressible! Waking up on a summer morning and having the whole day to do nothing but play in the creek and pick wild strawberries was just glorious. School was 100 years away and there were many friends waiting just a short bike ride down the street. That innocent elation knew not the days that would come in the future when disappointment would bring drab to a colorful world.

How things change! But I'm convinced we must learn a new and better kind of joyful living. As adults, we see the marvelous, unstained joy of children, yet we know it is fleeting. That's why we want to keep our children innocent for as long as possible. But even although we know that innocence ends, if we know Christ we are encouraged because the joy we experience in the knowledge of God lasts far beyond the bright days of summer and is unaffected by the weighty grays of disappointment and disaster that inevitably come our way.

The apostle Peter encourages us: Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:8-9)

Wow. Nothing, nothing tops that. Words can't be found to describe the goodness and mercy of God in securing our everlasting salvation through Christ!