The daughter sits by the bedside of the invalid mother and through the long watches of the night she ministers in loving attentions. It is the joy of service. The scholar denies pleasure and devotes long and weary hours to truth. It is the joy of sacrifice. We must distinguish between joy and pleasure.
Pleasure is sensuous and as fleeting as the emotions.
The greater the joy, the greater the sacrifice. We can't live selfish lives here and at death be fitted to enter into the joy of our Lord. Christ's prayers were for others and for strength and help to serve others. Christ's faith found its full expression in absolute sacrifice. Christian manhood demands that we think less about being saved and more about being saviours.