That joy did not come to him until he came to faith in Jesus Christ. Its presence and discovery surprised him, for it was not, in fact, joy that he was yearning for, after all. It was the Person to whom this joy was pointing all along. As Lewis himself explains his quest, “But what, in conclusion, of Joy? . . . To tell you the truth, the subject has lost nearly all interest for me since I became a Christian.” Why? Because the joy Lewis found is only the effect of drinking the wine of Jesus—it is not the wine itself. Joy is a person, and his name is Jesus.
