Core Truth: C.S. Lewis rightly said that “Joy is the serious business of heaven.” However, our Lord made it clear we don’t have to wait until we get there to enjoy it; we can have it even in life's darkest hour. “I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing.” (John 15:11)
Scripture: Isaiah 9:3-5
You, O Lord, have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before You like the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil of battle. For the yoke of Israel’s burden, and the staff or rod for goading their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Gideon with Midian. For every tramping warrior’s war boots and all his armor in the battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire.