Joy is one of the greatest things that we human beings can desire. We need joy to make life worthwhile. Earthly wealth and fame may never give us true joy. On the other hand, there are many people that experience a joyful life without having great wealth or fame.
How is it possible to be rich and not have joy and how is it possible to be poor and have joy? Joy is the one thing even beyond wealth and fame that people want to possess. People want to have joy in their life, rich or poor good or bad. So where can we find true joy that makes us happy in all things? See Colossians 1:9-18. God commands us to have joy
Back to the point that we cannot find joy sometimes because we are looking in the wrong places. We look for the approval of people to find joy and that does not happen. We seek pleasure to the point of fatigue and yet do not find joy. Where do we need to be looking? The answer is to our Creator who made life and all things possible.
Having a family and home for living and fulfillment is from God. We need to look to Jesus who claims to be able to give us real life and that more abundantly. We find joy in the teachings of Jesus and His life.
When Jesus passed by, he left people with the opportunity to have joy. The angels were recipients of the joy that Jesus brought and proclaimed, “Joy to the world the Lord has come.” Luke 2:10-11.
The teachings of Jesus in the Bible and his good news is the mechanism for bringing us a life full of joy and joy unspeakable.
Ivy Conner
