When asked, most people say that the thing they want more than anything else is happiness. Happiness is based on good happenings. As a result, it is as fleeting and unpredictable as the circumstances of our lives. However, happiness, as good as it is, is actually a counterfeit for the supernatural characteristic of joy. Joy is an inner predisposition towards gladness and hope which is rooted in God’s character and promises, independent of circumstances and expressed in our lives. It is grown in the garden of waiting.