Joy: Striving with our Minds for Joy in God's Glory

Joy: Striving with our Minds for Joy in God's Glory | Manny Pereira

The final frontier in the discipline of the mind for the sake of loving God, is the pursuit of joy in Him. To love God, while a command, cannot be reduced to a mere duty. Right love produces right obedience, but obedience in itself does not produce love. One should not imagine that disimpassioned duty delights the heart of God more than joy in Him—a joy that delights to do His will, expressing its love.