When people talk about joy, it’s easy to think of it as a passive experience. There will certainly be moments when joy overwhelms you. Those moments are sweet gifts, but they’re just moments. The Christian call to joy isn’t a call to chase more and more of those unique moments. It isn’t even a call to put yourself in a position where you might get swept up in that current. It is a call to create the current, to actively cultivate joy in your own heart and mind.
