In a recent sermon, I heard a definition of Biblical joy that I would like to share with you:

Biblical joy is the conviction that God sovereignly controls the events of life for his glory and our good.

I am writing this two days before the Presidential election in the United States. When this post is published, it will be the day after the election. Since the USA is nearly equally divided, approximately half of the country will be deeply disappointed with the result.

While many Christian believers in the USA have a strong preference for one of the candidates, we should know that our ultimate hope does not rest in the person in the Oval Office. No president has yet been able to solve our country’s problems.

Our only hope is in the God who will arrange history for his glory and our good.

If your preferred candidate did not win, this is not cause for despair. God remains in control.