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Bible Question #4 |
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Does the Bible show me
HOW TO FIND REAL HAPPINESS?
Let's take time to consider what is truly important in
life by asking yourself a very important question "IS FINDING
HAPPINESS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IN MY LIFE?"
The world can offer temporary happiness, but TRUE
happiness is found ONLY in knowing and understanding God's Word.
ALL other ways to find it are DEAD END STREETS for the believer in
Jesus Christ. Only the Word of God is "alive and powerful, sharper
than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart (which is the thinking part
of your mind)." Hebrews 4:12 |
God has a monopoly on HAPPINESS, and He is
the source of it. God has a plan for your life, but in order to find
and follow His plan, you must first be willing to give your time ON A
DAILY BASIS to study His Word. First, you must have an honest desire
to learn the Word of God, and when you do, He will provide a
pastor-teacher who knows the original languages of scripture so that
he will be able to instruct and guide you as you grow spiritually and
fulfill God's purpose for your life.
God has given every believer in the fantastic unique
CHURCH AGE in which we live, the indwelling ministry of the Holy
Spirit, who is our true teacher of the Word of God. While Jesus was
still on this earth, He predicted that after his death, burial and
resurrection He would send the Holy Spirit to help them:
''When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide
you into all truth; for He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever
He shall hear, that shall He Speak, and He will show you things to
come. He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine, and shall
show it unto you.” John 16:12-14
In order to be taught by the Holy Spirit, we must be in
fellowship with the Lord by keeping short accounts with Him. We do
that when we acknowledge (name) our known sins to Him, and when we do
He promises: ''If we confess (name) our sin, He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse (purify) us from all wrong-doing
(our unknown sins)." 1 John 1:9
In Philippians 4:4, we are commanded to 'keep on having
HAPPINESS at all times'. That is impossible for us, but God gives the
ability to us when we are in fellowship with Him and keep learning
Bible Doctrine. As we grow spiritually by consistently taking God's
Word into our mind and making it dominant in our thought pattern, we
will learn to have proper respect for ourselves personally. We will
also learn that it is no longer necessary to depend upon other people
to solve our problems, because GOD'S WORD HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.
Eventually, we will become spiritually mature and have a right scale
of values by which to live and effectively serve our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 3:13 tells us, ''Happy is the man who finds
wisdom (wisdom is the application of Bible Doctrine to experience) the
man who gains understanding (who learns to discern between truth and
falsehood) .
There are no instant solutions to find happiness. Psalm
128:1 tells us, "Happy is he who is occupied with the Lord." It is
impossible to find that happiness without a consistent, positive,
daily intake of God's Word.
The following are examples of how we may find the
HAPPINESS OF GOD for our lives:
In John 15:11, Jesus said to His disciples, "I have
taught you these things so my
happiness may be in you."
In Psalm 16:11, David tells us that there are three
ways in which we can share the Happiness of God:
1) "You will make known
to me the path of life." Thinking God's thoughts comes as a result of
learning, believing, metabolizing and applying Bible Doctrine, which
is the mind of Christ.
2) "In Your presence is
the fullness of happiness." When we name our known sins to the Lord,
as stated in 1 John 1 :9, we can be in His presence and enjoy
fellowship with Him. Only then can we have His happiness.
3) "At your right hand
there are pleasures for ever more." Jesus Christ is seated in a
glorified, resurrection body at the right hand of the Father, and He
has escrow blessings to distribute to believers who honor His Word.
Have you discovered the happiness of God?
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