Lord, I’m not feeling particularly joyful today. In fact, I’m feeling a little empty, drained, and uninspired, with nothing to look forward to other than the same old same old. But I also know that you are the author of all joy, that you desire it for us, and that to look to you is to find joy. I recall that there is joy in knowing you, following you, obeying you, glorifying you. There is joy in trusting you, believing your word. Help me this moment to reap this joy that lays before me.
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
Psalm 4:7
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11
