My Exceeding Joy — Even in Darkness

According to 1 John 1:4, the very goal of the gospel of the covenant of grace is that we may experience the fullness of joy.  It is certainly our prayer as pastors that you yourselves live in the consciousness of the joy of your relationship with our covenant God in Jesus Christ. In the light of Psalm 43 we are given to see that this exceeding joy is ours even in darkness.  This is an important perspective.  It addresses the struggle of our own experience.  Trials seem to us the threat that...