One conspicuous area in which we need the Preacher’s help is the pursuit of pleasure, of joy. There is no way to experience God without also experiencing joy. Anyone who gets in touch with God gets in touch with joy. But what happens when we separate the joy from the God who gives the joy? Hold on to the joy but dismiss the God of joy to the sidelines? And then we wonder why the joy we were looking for has turned into something dull, boring, and meaningless! We need to be rescued from that tiresome fate. The Preacher is on hand to do it with us.
