Finding Happiness
April 4, 2025
We are happiest when we are delighting in God's promises and commandments.
Psalm 112:1 How happy is the person who fears the Lord, who truly delights in His commandments.
"Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee." Augustine of Hippo - Confessions,
The truth, is there is a void in the heart of every person, and that void can only be filled by God through Jesus Christ, not by any created thing. Happiness is a gift from God that can be fully known only in a proper relationship with Him.
2 Peter 1:2 May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!
Philippians 4:11-13 I am not saying this because I am in any need, for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in. I know how to be humble, and I know how to prosper. In every situation, I have learned the secret of being full and going hungry, of having too much and too little. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
2 Corinthians 4:17 This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison.
He has designed the human heart to experience its most incredible ecstasy in worship, its most profound satisfaction in serving, and its greatest love through the power of the Holy Spirit. When we are living in fellowship with Him, we can expect to be happy regardless of our temporary circumstances.
When joy and hope are based on that which cannot be taken away, true happiness is found, and God is pleased.