Becoming a Joyful Person
How is it possible to become a joyful person in a pain-filled world? Look at the promise that comes right near the very end of the Bible:
“Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.” Revelation 19:17
Heaven’s groom gets the bride.
The joy that is in store for God’s people is so great that the only image that can do it justice is the joy between a lover and his beloved. Then we will see the wedding of which the greatest weddings on this earth have only been a dim foreshadowing.
Then God will dance with his people. Then joy will reign undiminished and uninterrupted. Then will be fulfilled the words of the prophet Isaiah, who was trying to express the inexpressible:
“You shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12
The Apostle John tried to say this, too:
“He will dwell with them; They will be his peoples, And God himself will be with them; He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; Mourning and crying and pain will be no more.” Revelation 12:3-4
Then will dawn the great Dee Dah Day that will never end.
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Chris Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:22-25
