What kind of evidence is there in your life that you intimately know the Father? One great big indicator is that we live in His joy. John 15:11 Gives us a pattern for living that way, and it begins with obeying His command to remain in His love, and have His words remain in us. It says, I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be full, complete, filled to the brim and overflowing. When we do two simple things, live in His Word, and live out His love, His joy is completely ours! What a fabulous result and benefit from loving and serving God! The prayer that Jesus prayed for his disciples in John 17:13 can be restated this way. “Father, let my followers be filled to the brim with the joy I possess. I will be in them pouring My own joy into their own hearts!” Think of it, He gave it all for us to live completely content and satisfied, with His joy springing up from the inner man. Our spring of joy is from God, as it says in Psalms 87:7. Joy springing up on the inside, filling us up completely, and then running out over the top! We are God’s joy spring! By us getting to know God deeper, learning His ways, through His Word and spending time in His presence, we get the tremendous blessing of living life, filled up and overflowing with the joy of the Lord.