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The Pursuit of Happiness For years and years my ex wife used to bemoan....I am miserable. I just want to be happy. To this day she still is not happy and we have been divorced now for 10 years. It was a totally upsetting situation for me. I tried to do all of the right thing to ensure her safety, her comforts as much as possible. I was a good provider, she did not even work which was ok with me. But one day I asked God, what is this happiness? I mean, I dont get it. My life has never been about pursuing being happy. It has been about dealing with whatever comes up each day and doing the best I could, enjoying a ball game or two or a trip to the beach or a theme park. But I did not live for those things. I..... just wanted to understand what this great search for something I did not understand. Well, God was was always...quiet and i just soon forgot about my conversation..er attempt at one with him about this. It was a few months later and I was in the middle of doing something when I heard in my Spirit......Happiness is not of me. I stopped what I was doing to listen further. Happiness is not of me I was hearing. It is soulish, temporal...fleeting.Later on I would elaborate in my mind and equate it to Hollywood Relationships. All about feelings and usually pretty self centered. I went on to hear him say seek my peace, once you have received my peace, you can then have my joy. If you read in the scriptures you will find that God is a Spirit. It says to worship him in Spirit and in truth. It also says that Peace and Joy are also Spirits so this makes perfect sense.The word also says that we have a Spirit man that comes alive when we receive Jesus as Lord.It all fits together. When we consider we are made up of a body, soul and spirit it all makes sense. Our soul is temporal as it consists of our mind, will and emotions. It is the part better known as the flesh. It is selfish and is at odds with the things of the Spirit. So, it only makes sense that if you try to find "happiness" it will eventually crash and burn in the soulish kingdom. I have many friends who are chasing their dreams in life right now.Good for them and my heart and prayers are with them all. It is great to have passion in life with great aspirations. I want everyone to see as many dreams come true as can. There is however a loneliness factor.Our dreams and passions will always be a tad empty as we pursue them and even more disappointing once we get there, if Jesus is not there as your focus all along the way. It is God's goodness and kindness that draw us to him in the first place. There is an emptiness that can only be filled with your personal relationship with God. No matter how many riches you garner, nor how much fame or public adoration...None of that can fill up the hole inside you that was created to be filled by the creator himself. The sooner we realize this secret, the better off our lives will be. |
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11/9/2010 11:02 pm |
I agree, God's peace is the lasting joy...true happiness. Blessings   "Love is Patient..."
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blessings to you guys 
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