Jesus has reasons to rejoice. After Jesus encouraged His disciples with knowledge that they should rejoice because their names are written in heaven, that they are kingdom citizens, He immediately turns to His Father in prayer and begins His prayer...
Jesus rejoices in who God is. This section of scripture is the only place where we get to look on as Jesus rejoices in God, His Father. And what we are going to see through Jesus is that he anchors His cause for rejoicing in the character of God...