The serpent’s lie was that God isn’t good enough: that God was limiting our joy. The truth is, however, every pleasure apart from God is deficient, limiting, and fleeting. Everything we enjoy outside of God has more pleasure when it is enjoyed in him. The greatest joy is God’s presence because joy is kept within God.

A life of finding joy in God is the walk of discipleship, enjoying the good things God has given us, and seeking greater intimacy with Christ as we are transformed into his image. The Christian life is difficult, but we are to look at the reward of Christ. At his right hand is fullness of joy, and we are to have faith that all other pleasures are fleeting, and suffering doesn’t compare to the future glory of heaven.