Consider the two faces of joy. I’d like to look at joy, not as an end in itself, but as the clearest expression of your love for God. If joy is the face of love, then your joy in God is the expression of the state of your love for God. The two faces of joy are thanksgiving that looks back, and hope that looks forward. With both faces, we can obey the Word when it says in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.”

Consider the two faces of joy. I’d like to look at joy, not as an end in itself, but as the clearest expression of your love for God. If joy is the face of love, then your joy in God is the expression of the state of your love for God. The two faces of joy are thanksgiving that looks back, and hope that looks forward. With both faces, we can obey the Word when it says in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.”