JOY. When I think of joy I immediately think of happiness, but real joy is more.
It isn’t slapping a silly grin on your face and walking around like that all the time. It isn’t pleasure either. These are affected by circumstances.
When life situations please us, we are happy. When there are problems, we are unhappy.
Real joy can’t be touched by the circumstances of life. Real joy is a sovereign gift of God. It’s part of the fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Real joy can’t be shaken but endures all things with a confident glory that nothing can rattle.
You and I will not always be happy in life, but we can always have joy.
