Question:
How can we who are saved have joy? Sometimes even though we know we’re saved, we don’t always feel joyful. We are in a sinful world and we can get bogged down by the responsibilities and cares of this world and not be joyful.

Answer:
King Jehoshaphat, when Israel’s enemies came against them, said: “O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee” (2 Chronicles 20:12).

The Lord will help us even when the enemy, Satan, is against us, if our eyes are upon Him—trusting Him. Verse 15 says that “the battle is not ours but the Lord’s.” We have no strength in ourselves to battle the world, Satan, and the flesh which are seeking to quench our joy, but the Lord will give us victory from these foes if we trust Him completely.
If Romans 10:9, 13 is true of us then we can believe Romans 8:28 is also true of us.
Romans 10:9 says: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:13 says: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
If we are saved by trusting Christ for our soul’s salvation, then “all things work together for good” for us (Romans 8:28).
This takes the stress away. Verse 29 shows that everything that happens to a Christian is designed that he/she may be “conformed to the image of His Son.” God designs each event that we may be more like Jesus. This goes along with the question: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Hebrews 12:6-8 tells that the Lord chastens those He loves that they may rejoice “afterward.” The Lord says: “My grace is sufficient for thee….” (2 Corinthians 12:9, 10). If we rely on Him and His grace when we are weak, He will help us. If we think we are strong, we are spiritually weak (Obadiah 1:2, 3).God loved Jacob, but hated Esau because of his pride. Pride will keep us from coming and bowing to the Father, owning His lordship in our lives. God uses trials to work good in our lives (Romans 5:3). Tribulation worketh patience (James 1:2, 3).