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The Secret of Happiness
1Timothy 6:6-10
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. Hebrews 13:5
What would it take to make you happy? Inheriting a fortune? Winning $14 million in the lottery and being able to purchase anything you want? A psychologist named Denier did a study on the effect that a major life change would have on a person’s happiness. Half the people tested were big lottery winners. The other half suffered severe injuries in bad car accidents, to his amazement, Denier discovered that a few weeks after these drastic life changes both groups were about equally happy and satisfied with their lives. Denier concluded that we “evaluate our lives on the basis of other people in similar circumstances” and feel about the same degree of fulfillment.
Christians, however, have another explanation. If we accept ourselves the way God made us, if we are grateful for whatever He has given us, and if we trust in His unending goodness, we can experience a joy that does not depend on changing circumstances. How foolish to keep wishing for a stroke of financial good luck to bring us happiness! Or to live in mortal fear that a calamity will take all our happiness away. Happiness does not come from happenings. It comes from accepting what God gives us and being content with it. Come joy or grief, content I’ll rest and feel myself supremely blest, since naught in earth or heaven can part the Savior from the loving heart. True happiness is knowing that God is GOOD! (unknown author)
Blessings Pastor Shane and Tammy Wallis