Joy!

 

"Without having seen Him, you love Him;
though you do not (even) now see Him,
you believe in Him and exult and thrill
with inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy."
                                     1 Peter 1:8 (AMP Version)

If we look in the scriptures at the verses relating to joy, there are so many, it would be impossible to cover even half of them here. In the verse above, the joy of God makes us shine gloriously. It is so overwhelming, that we cannot even express what we are feeling. There are no words to describe it.

Jesus spoke about giving us His joy:
These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full."     Jn. 15:11     
and, Jesus praying to His Father in heaven says,
"But now I come to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves."      Jn. 17:13

In the above, Jesus made the point that He was speaking of His joy, even while He was yet in the world. He wasn't speaking of a joy that could only be attained when we are in heaven. And the joy He was describing was a supernatural joy that is specifically found in Him. It is the joy of the Father.
Psalm 43:4 says:
"Then I go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God."
Psalm 16:11 says:
"You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
The "fullness" spoken of in the above verse means to be filled to satiation, as with food or drink, to the point where you can contain no more.

Psalm 105:42-43 tells us that as the Father brought His people out of slavery in Egypt, He joy and gladness, the word gladness meaning "with a joyful shout". Our Father shouted with joy! When was that last time you were so full of joy that it came bursting out of you with a shout that you couldn't hold back? This is the kind of joy that our Father lives in and wants us to have.
Our Father wants our joy to be so full, that when we walk in the earth, this joy transforms creation:
"For you shall go out with joy,
and be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier
shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the LORD for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." 
                                   Isa. 55:12-13

In the above verses, the supernatural joy of our salvation impacts all creation, and transforms the curse (thorns and briars), into a blessing (cypress and myrtle trees). This joy establishes the Name of God in the earth.
Our Father commands us to be glad and rejoice forever in what He creates. Joy is listed as one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit in Gal. 5:22. If we have received Him, then not only should we be living in joy ourselves, but we should be feeding that joy to all whom we meet in life. If we truly feel gratitude to our Savior and our Creator, than that gratitude certainly expresses itself in joy. Have we lost that feeling of joy? Then let us stir up the gratitude that we once knew and felt so well.
Jesus talks about the person who resembles stony places in Mat. 13:20-21. This person received the word of salvation with great joy, but because of trials and disappointments, he has become offended by the word, and by God. Have we allowed hardships and disappointments to make us stony places devoid of joy? This is not the will of the Father for us.
Man has a hunger for the joy of God. So many look in diverse places trying to find the feeling of joy for which their souls hunger. They end up substituting temporary things to try to attain that feeling, but those things pass away, because they are not the everlasting joy for which our souls long. So many are suffering to find just a few moments of a temporary joy, that is not joy at all.
We who are the called of God, walking in His joy, bring the "good news" to all creation. In that joy, our lives exhibit for all to see that joy can be found in the wells of salvation.
This is Apostle Paul's prayer for us in Romans 15:13:

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit..."

Our Father is joy!

"Joy to the World" (Flash Mob)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9865b-K9s2w

"Center of My Joy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265uVZ39Z1E

"Trees of the Field"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjL27TlSwYU