As we near the end of our week on joy, today we look at another aspect of the joy available to us in God,

specifically how our joy could be so great that the Bible would call it inexpressible.

May our hearts be opened to a greater measure of joy than we've yet experienced, and the wisdom and faith to hold onto that joy as our portion in God.

Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our scripture today comes from 1 Peter 1, 8 through 9, which reads,

That you have not seen him, you love him.

That you do not now see him, you believe in him, and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1. Peter 1 8 through 9 fills my heart with a longing to rejoice in ways that move the heart of my

Heavenly Father. That scripture says, that you have not seen him, you love him, that you do not

now see him, you believe in him, and rejoice with joy that's inexpressible and filled with

glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

What does it look like to rejoice with joy that's inexpressible and filled with glory?

What would it be like to have our hearts so filled with praise that our lips can't articulate

the overwhelming goodness of God.

In the famous hymn, the love of God, Frederick M. Lemon wrote,

The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.

It goes beyond the highest star.

It reaches to the lowest hell.

We are designed to be continually awed by the wondrous works of our Heavenly Father.

So great is His love for us that all the ink and paper in the world

could it adequately describe the depths of His mercies toward his children.

So infinite is His nature that the fastest vessel could never reach the ends of his heart.

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