WHY IS FINDING HAPPINESS AND PURPOSE SO HARD !!!

3/18/2019

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THIS QUESTION FROM SOMEONE : I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO GET THINGS TOGETHER. I TRY SO HARD, BUT I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO FIND THAT MAGIC ANSWER. ALL I WANT IS TO BE HAPPY …..

HAPPINESS IS DEFINED AS A STATE OF BEING CONTENT, SATISFIED, FULL OF DELIGHT AND JOYFULNESS THAT IS HOW WE DEFINE IT IN THE DICTIONARY. IT IS THE ULTIMATE PLACE TO BE IN LIFE, AND FOR MANY IT SEEMS TO BE A UTOPIA THAT FOR A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE IS UNREACHABLE, OR COMES AND GOES. IF ONLY THERE WAS A SECRET TO FINDING IT. IF I COULD ONLY FOLLOW A FORMULA AND IT WOULD APPEAR, AND PERHAPS STAY…..

MAYBE THE REAL KEY IS TO FIGURE OUT WHY SO MANY THINGS WE TRY DON’T DELIVER THE DESIRED RESULT. ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DEEM TO BE SO IMPORTANT IN LIFE AND WE PUT OUR TIME INTO JUST AREN’T DELIVERING HAPPINESS FOR US. LET’S SEE…..MONEY. IT’S GREAT TO HAVE, BUT HAVEN’T WE SEEN A LOT OF RICH PEOPLE WHO JUST DON’T SEEM THAT HAPPY? LET’S TRY CAREER. WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR JOB REALLY OFTEN BECAUSE THEY AREN’T HAPPY IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING? FREEDOM MUST BE IT. THEN AGAIN, I KNOW A LOT OF RETIRED FRIENDS WHO ARE LOST WITH NO EVERYDAY PURPOSE. NO HAPPINESS THERE. EVEN WHEN WE FILL OUR LIVES WITH A LOT OF FUN STUFF LIKE VACATIONS AND HOBBIES, AND FRIENDS, AND ACTIVITIES, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE STILL LACKING SOMETHING. I KNOW, I WILL SHOW EVERYONE ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER JUST HOW AWESOME AND HAPPY I AM…..BUT I’M JUST SHOWING MOMENTS, NOT MY REAL LIFE. YOU TELL ME. CAN A PERSON EVER TRULY BE HAPPY ?

I’M GOING TO BRING UP ANOTHER WORD FOR ALL OF US TO CONTEMPLATE. THE WORD IS RIGHTEOUSNESS. RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE DICTIONARY IS DEFINED AS GOODNESS, DECENCY, INTEGRITY, WORTHINESS, PURITY AND MORALITY…..IT COMES FROM WHO WE ARE, NOT WHAT WE WANT TO FEEL OR HAVE.

WOW. WHAT A DIFFERENCE, AND WHAT A UNIQUE THING TO CONTEMPLATE. WHAT IF TRUE HAPPINESS COMES FROM WHO WE ARE, NOT THE RESULT OF WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO? IF YOU REALLY LOOK HARD, ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN BECOME AS A PERSON WILL ACTUALLY LEAD YOU INTO HAPPINESS ! BUT LET’S GO A LITTLE FURTHER HERE. IF WE CAN’T SEEM TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE FOR OURSELVES, WHERE SHOULD WE LOOK? I’VE GOT IT ! I NEED TO SEE A THERAPIST WHO CAN ENLIGHTEN ME AND FIX THINGS. THE QUESTION IS, WHERE DO I FIND A GOOD ONE…. AND AREN’T THEY PROBABLY HAVING THE SAME STRUGGLES I’M HAVING ? I HAVE WHAT I THINK IS A BETTER SUGGESTION. WHY NOT TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK AT OUR CREATOR. OUR GOD.

COULD THERE BE A BETTER PLACE THAN TO START WITH THE POWER THAT CREATED YOU? AND NO, GOD IS NOT SOME UNDESCRIBABLE SOMETHING SWIRLING AROUND OUT THERE. HE MADE YOU, IN HIS IMAGE, AND HE KNOWS YOU, AND WHAT MAKES YOU TICK, INTIMATELY. THE CAVEAT IS THAT HE IS NOT A THERAPIST OR A CONCIERGE SERVICE. HE HAS A MAJOR THING HE WANTS IN YOU. IT IS CALLED HOLINESS. HE IS A PICTURE OF UTTER PURITY TO US. HIS MORALS ARE IMPECCABLE, AND HE HAS NO QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. HIS WORDS SPEAK TO US OF TRUTH, AND HE GIVES US A COMPLETE PLAYBOOK FOR OUR LIVES IF WE LISTEN. HE COMMANDS US IN A CLEAR WAY IN WHO WE ARE TO BE, AND HOW WE ARE TO LIVE.

“TEACHER, WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW”? JESUS REPLIED, “LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND”. THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREATEST COMMANDMENT. AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT. “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”. ALL THE LAW AND PROPHETS HANG ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS. Matthew 22:36-40

ULTIMATELY FOR ME, I HAVE CHOSEN TO SEEK HAPPINESS IN MY SAVIOR AND LORD AND KING. THERE ARE MANY WHO SCOFF AT THIS APPROACH, BUT I STAND FIRM IN MY RESOLVE. IF I CAN SEEK GOD, AND WORK WITH HIS HELP AND GUIDANCE IN BECOMING MORE HOLY, I KNOW I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS AMAZING? THE MORE I DO THIS,…..THE HAPPIER I BECOME. :)

SEEK YOUR GOD IN PRAYER. JUST TALK TO HIM, EVEN IF YOU ARE UNSURE HE IS THERE OR HE IS REAL. HE WILL HEAR YOU….JUST LISTEN FOR HIS VOICE, AND BECOME ALIVE IN HIM! JA

THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL John 15:11 SELAH