We live in an age stuffed full of entertainment, pleasures, and experiences, but starving for joy. Joy is distinct from happiness. Happiness is almost entirely dependent on your situation. Joy is a deep soul-level gladness that transcends your situation. The writer C S Lewis once said: “Joy is the most desirable thing in the universe… I doubt whether anyone who has tasted joy would ever exchange it for all the pleasures in the world.” The apostle Paul once wrote to the Philippian church from prison in Rome about the deep joy of the Christian life.