Joy of intimacy with God Part 1

There are many pursuits that we engage in when we find ourselves, in some encounters, to be a joyous occasions. Unfortunately we find that the joy and novelty of those engagements morph into the routine and humdrum after a while. But what is joy and why do many that profess to be Christians do not appear to have genuine joy with God unless ofcourse they have some form of tangible blessings? However we ought to know the source of true joy.