Rick has said many times, “You can’t feel your way into an action, but you can act your way into a feeling.” That’s why it’s good that joy is much more than a feeling. The Bible says in Philippians 4:4, “Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!” (NLT). You can’t command a feeling, but you can command a thought and an action. God tells us how we must think and how we must behave, knowing that our feelings will always be the last to fall in line. As we’ve already discussed, joy is