‘A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms’ said William Barclay.

So where does the deep joy that the New Testament writers so regularly
describe come from? It is found not in our circumstances, but in our roots.
We are like trees planted by streams of water, drawing on the life of the
spirit. When trouble comes, our roots go deeper - so that even when we
suffer, we rejoice. This happens only when we give up pursuing happiness
first, and pursue instead Jesus’ righteousness.

When we delight in the law of the Lord (his gospel, his lordship, his care
for us, his rule of life), then we are blessed, then we are intrinsically,
fundamentally happy!

By Ed Flint

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