Joy is not a term we use much these days. At Christmas time the songs say “Joy to the World”, but we’ve heard it so much during our lives that it just becomes part of the background of the season.
One of the definitions I can find on the Net for “joy” is “To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.” So, “joy” is something that I feel when I’ve got something to be happy about.
The title for this blog about Jesus music lyrics was inspired by Chris Christian‘s song Great Great Joy from his self-titled 1978 album. I don’t consider this “joy” to be something to be mindless about, to look at the disasters that happen around me and have a stupid smile painted on my face. This type of joy is something that is a deep underlying current that can be present despite those disasters of life. It holds and sustains me, and is endlessly available, because of the source of the joy:
There’s a great, great joy in Jesus
And through me, Lord, it longs to be told
If you’ll just be a little child
He’ll take care of you and make you growHe sends the sunshine beaming down, the rain below
He’ll make your happiness
Sprout its roots and grow
You’ll know, you’ll knowThere’s a great, great joy in Jesus
That I’m anxious for you to know
If you’ll just try to follow Him
He’ll take care of you and make you growHe sends the sunshine beaming down, the rain below
He’ll make your happiness
Sprout its roots and grow
You’ll know, you’ll knowThere’s a great, great joy in Jesus
And through me, Lord, it longs to be told
If you’ll just be a little child
He’ll take care of you and make you growHe sends the sunshine beaming down, the rain below
He’ll make your happiness
Sprout its roots and grow
You’ll know, you’ll knowI’ve got a great, great, great, great joy!
Well I’ve got a great, great, great, great joy!
Well I’ve got a great, great, great, great joy!
Well I’ve got a great, great, great, great joy!
Well I’ve got a great, great, great, great joy!
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