Joy. It’s something we all want in our lives, but all too often it’s a goal, not part of our journey. We sacrifice time, health, and relationships in our pursuit of joy… one day. However, this sporadic, incidental joy is not joy at all, it’s happiness. The word happiness is related to the word happenstance, which means luck. Happiness occurs randomly and often not even by our own design. However, joy that lasts the journey of life is something far greater, and requires Someone far greater to give it to us. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,…” (Galatians 5:22). Joy quite simply can’t be manufactured or earned, it is a gift from God. Jesus offers us divine joy. “If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love… I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete” (John 15:10-11). Divine joy is deep-rooted, a joy that transcends the peaks and troughs of life. A joy not determined by happenstance or external factors, but by a divine inner presence. There is only one way to have joy from the first letters to the last of your JOurneY, and that is to receive God’s Spirit into you. (Craig B) Open Bible – https://bit.ly/gal5v22-23, bit.ly/Joh15v10-11
