Many people are always looking for happiness, but is happiness what we really need? or is there a bigger question? Many things will bring you happiness, but the problem is, it doesn’t last. Its fleetiing, short lived and then you have to find something else to make you happy again. The real desire that we humans really desire is joyfulness not happiness. Joyfulness is that deep down attitude of contentment no matter what is going on in your lives, good or bad.
If you look at most people today, they put a smile on their face, but inside they feel empty. but they like the feeling of happiness and so they will try all kinds of things that will get that feeling back. they will try drugs, sex, money, booze and a host of every immoral thing one can think of to get happy. But after its over, that empty feeling comes back and so they try more and more things to get happy.
So happiness doesn’t last, but some people seem to be happy no matter what is going on in their lives, be it good or bad. The fact is some people have something more than happiness, they have joy, but what is joy how does one get joy?
Joy doesn’t come from anything in this world, happiness comes from this world, because its temporary, everything in this world is tempory. But joy is not from this world, its from above, its from God. And the only way one can get joy is to be born again through Jesus Christ.
Joy is deep contentment with life, its knowing that you are Gods child and no matter what life is throwing at you, your safe in Jesus Christ, so your able to bear all things.
This world is tough, and its getting tougher, economically, socially, the hatred towards Christians, conservatives and Jews is increasing. We have a government that is quickly encouraging hatred toward anyone who isn’t liberal.
You never know when your life will change, this week I was driving through Illinois, and a UPS semi drove through the median and hit a car head on. All of their lifes changed. so in order to be prepared to face life, when it changes, and it will change, you can have joy by being in Jesus Christ