The Birth of Joy – The Centrality of Joy

As we come into the Christmas season this year, there is perhaps as much uncertainty and unrest as there ever has been since the very first Christmas. And yet into that dark and oppressive world, a joy was given birth unlike any the world has ever known. 

The joy that Jesus came to bring is from outside this world. It is the very joy that Jesus himself has in God the Father—which he has had from all eternity and will have forever. There is no greater joy than the joy that God has in God, because God is the greatest object of joy, and God has the greatest powers to enjoy.