“Once I . . ., then I will be happy.” Once I get the right job, the right person, the right house, the right, the right, the right, and then I will be happy.
“Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad;” How is it that we need this advice? What is going on?
God created us to be little fountains who pour life into the world; not vacuums that vainly suck, drag, burden, wear down, and exhaust others.
We can be totally awesome critters who are in demand because the Fountain flows within. God designed us to be like Himself. We are meant to have God flowing in our veins, so-to-speak; sounding from our lips, touching through our hands – always “the head and not the tail.”
Satan employs peer pressure, envy, lust, greed, selfishness, fear, anger, hate, dominant cruelty: find hurt and you will have found Satan’s intrusion in the world. “There will be no hurt in my holy mountain,” says God.
Think about this. We don’t really “find” happiness. Trying to chase it can waste an entire life. If we can learn to be who God made us to be, we will be so busy we won’t have time to be unhappy. The world lifts up even higher those who even seem to have found this niche.
But, the world, the author of unhappiness has stolen his way in and will hinder, hurt, ridicule, and impose false – accusing opinions against us. Some of us may seem to have been born: “lucky” probably not anyone reading this. The rest of us must cope with these difficulties.
Wrong choices are those which do not bring true, healthy happiness. We “think” wrong choices are simply mistakes. Really, we make wrong choices sometimes, when we know they’re wrong. Mistakes are only one kind of wrong choice. Our feelings often lead us to make wrong choices. We sometimes interpret other’s actions as meaning cruelty or criticism. We sometimes let a flattering tongue or someone with good rhetorical skills totally mislead us. A true Friend will never mislead us.
Early in the pages of scripture Moses wrote that we may choose life, and live; or death and compounding unhappiness. History bears record that this choice is fundamental and real.
Have we sinned? If we confess to Him He will forgive us. Christians need to keep the slate clean too.
Will we receive Him? Trust to obey Him, and then we will live along the way, and forever.
“Come unto me,” He says to us. “I have come that you may have life, and life abundantly;” said Jesus. Choose Him now and you will find Him coming to you.
Buddy