so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.
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I wonder if you've seen that or remember some of these texts. Like Romans chapter 15, verse 32. He says, I pray that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. Romans. So he's going to go visit Rome And not only is he going to bring ministry to them And hopefully they're fed and refreshed and helped But he himself will be refreshed, he says, by their company 1 Corinthians chapter 16 He says, I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus Because they have made up for your absence So they came, sent by the Corinthian church For they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. So they came as delegates sent by the Corinthians to Paul and they refreshed his spirit, he says. 2 Corinthians 7, besides our own comfort, we rejoice still more at the joy of Titus because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. So not only did the Corinthians send people to refresh Paul, but Titus went to the Corinthians and he was refreshed by them and his soul. …
(2.) The union between a faithful minister and a Christian people, is like that between a young man and a virgin in their marriage, with respect to the concomitants of it. When such a minister and such a people are thus united, it is attended with great joy. The minister joyfully devoting himself to the service of his Lord in the work of the ministry, as a work that he delights in; and also joyfully uniting himself to the society of the saints that he is set over, as having complacence in them, for his dear Lord’s sake, whose people they are; and willingly and joyfully, on Christ’s call, undertaking the labors and difficulties of the service of their souls. And they, on the other hand; joyfully receiving him as a precious gift of their ascended Redeemer. Thus a faithful minister and a Christian people are each other’s joy, Rom. xv. 32. “That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.” 2 Cor. i. 14. “As you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye are ours.” Another concomitant of this union, wherein it resembles that which becomes a young man and virgin united in marriage, is mutual helpfulness, and a constant care and endeavor to promote each other’s good and comfort. The minister earnestly and continually seeks the profit and comfort of the souls of his people, and to guard and defend them from every thing that might annoy them, and studies and labors to promote their spiritual peace and prosperity. They, on the other hand, make it their constant care to promote his comfort, to make the burden of his difficult work easy, to avoid those things that might add to the difficulty of it, and that might justly be grievous to his heart. They do what in them lies to encourage his heart, and strengthen his hands in his work; and are ready to say to him, when called to exert himself in the more difficult parts of his work, as the people of old to Ezra the priest, when they saw him bowed down under the burden of a difficult affair, Ezra x. 4. “Arise, for this matter belongeth to thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.” They spare no pains nor cost to make their pastor’s outward circumstances easy and comfortable, and free from pinching necessities and distracting cares, and to put him under the best advantages to follow his great work fully and successfully. …
… in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, that I may come to you with joy by the will of God and may be refreshed together with you, and now may the God of peace be with you all. Amen." Paul begs the Roman Christians to pray for him for this journey that he is about to undertake to Jerusalem. He knows there's a price on His head. He knows that there's a bullseye on His back. He knows that there are multitudes of unbelieving Jews that can't wait to get their hands on Him and, if possible, stone Him to death. And so He asked the saints in Rome, please pray for me. I'm going to Jerusalem to deliver this offering, to bring relief to the saints in Jerusalem, but I'm going to need a safe conduct to get in and out of that city. So, pray hard, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, that the Jewish Christians will accept my ministry to the Gentiles, and that I may come to you with joy by the will of God and be refreshed together with you. …