What is Joy?
Some things are difficult to define and challenging to explain. Joy is like that for me. I believe it is vital and indeed a precious gift. but how do you describe it? I am raising the question here because I am facing that daunting task. I have taken on the assignment of presenting a session to children at my church on the topic of joy. I am considering as an outline: • What is joy? • Who can have it? • How do you get it? • Why is it important? Following is an attempt to briefly expound on the key points: • What is joy? As I mentioned, it is not easy to describe joy. In fact even a great apostle who authored much of the New Testament stated that joy was beyond his capacity to express. 1 Peter 1:8 (New American Standard Bible) 8and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, We can be assured that joy is not dependent on circumstances. It is a gift that