First Steps To Happiness…Humility
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Whit Criswell & the scripture is in the excerpt.
Psychology Today magazine did a survey and asked 52,000 people, "What would it take to make you happy?" In order of most votes were: friends and social life, good job, love, recognition, sex, good financial situation, owning a house, being attractive, health, religion, recreation, being a parent, marriage, and for their spouse to be happy. The interesting thing is happiness is mostly sought through external situations rather than internal ones. Then does happiness mean having the right circumstances?
The wisest and wealthiest man ever was Solomon, and he said he was going to deny himself nothing in order to find happiness. He found three deadends: accumulating things, experiencing all kinds of pleasure, and achieving success. He concluded, "All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind" (Ecclesiastes 2:17). The world's view of happiness is having the right circumstances, but God's idea of happiness is having the right attitude.
In Matthew 5, Jesus repeatedly said, "Blessed," which means, "Happy are you. He said that happiness is not determined by what's happening around or outside of me, but rather what's happening inside of me! The first step to happiness is humility. "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit." Compared to a holy and righteous God, we are filthy rags.
It means that I don't have it all together!" Humble and happy go together. I can be real, no more faking or pretending. This reduces my stress.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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