he lived for his Lord: “for to me to live is Christ” (1:21). Joy and Christ-centeredness go hand-in-hand, so if we lack joy more often than we have it, might the truth be that we aren’t Christ-centered? Surely, for some of us, it is. Even those of us going through a season of darkness can pursue joy, trusting that God designed us for it. Sooner or later, in Christ, we will find it. The trick for some of us is to change our self-oriented, worldly focus to Christ, and for others it is to take fresh