Can I Have Joy in My Life? (Crucial Questions)

by R.C. Sproul

However, the Greek word used in the Beatitudes is best translated as blessed, as it communicates not only the idea of happiness but also profound peace, comfort, stability, and great joy.

We rejoice in the Lord, and since He never leaves us or forsakes us, we can rejoice always.

I sometimes wonder, given how much I struggle with life as a Christian, how people who are not Christians make it. How do they endure without the hope of the joy that has been stored up for us in heaven? We should be much more thankful for this blessed hope than we are, and fix our eyes on the future in the midst of pain and affliction.

It is probably the most significant barrier to real joy.