Psalm 1:1 (NKJV)
Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful
Let us not fool our emotions, real happiness is clearly defined in our text today. If we bring this up to our modern understanding, happiness is simply getting away ourselves from the ways of the wicked - that’s it! Very simple yet very effective. No messing around, and you’ll be happy.
However, happiness is pretty much distorted in our world today. It is being defined of “what we have” – such as, we will be happy if we have a big house, nice car, beautiful partner, obedient kids, good job, good salary, nice toys, and anything we think we should have. External things impacting our internal emotions.
Yet, happiness as defined in our text should be rooted into holiness. It should come out from the joy that we have inside, and the joy comes from knowing that we are safe and secure in Jesus Christ as our Savior. Such that, even if we don’t have the external material things – we will still be joyful and happy. But the Devil wants us to believe that happiness is a result of the external material things that we “must have”. And so, materialism is being marketed very effectively is all sorts of media – which makes many people superficially happy. If you don’t have the material things you wanted, would you still be happy?
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