HAPPINESS
A lot of people have
sought for happiness in many ways but all to no avail. When people dream a good
dream, they think that they will be happy but that is a mirage of life. Who
then has found happiness, where and how?
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the world’s most powerful
military leaders, genius, dictator and administrator (compared only to
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar). Yet, in his last days he confessed
sadly “There is not a man who would lay down his life for man”. His great fame
and magnificence as a General dwindled to nothing. Ponder!
In money: Stephen Jay Gould was a multi-millionaire rail
tycoon, yet on his death bed he summed up his life this way: “I suppose I am the
most miserable devil on earth”. Money brings NO happiness to a dying man. You
can buy almost anything with money except happiness-here or in eternity. That is the fact!
In pleasure: Lord Byron, the famous English poet, lived for
pleasure. Yet he described the end of his life as being filled with nothing but
guilt, disease and grief. The pleasure of sin is SORROW. Sorrow inevitably comes at the end of a life wasted in
pursuit of pleasure. Be wise!
In fame: A well known politician, who enjoyed more than his
fair share of fame, wrote “Youth is a mistake, Manhood a struggle, Old age a regret”.
The deceptive bubble of fame had bursted! Anyone who describes his life as “a
mistake”, “a struggle” and “a regret” has not found happiness. Watch out!
Unbelief: Voltaire was an outspoken philosopher who scorned
Christianity. Near the end of his life, he wrote; “I wish I had never been
born”. He discovered that unbelief does not produce happiness. It takes away
and gives nothing in return. Instead of the love of God, the saving blood of
Christ and the assuring word of God, the unbeliever is left with nothing but
uncertain theories, a hopeless death bed and the frightful judgment of God.
This famous men confirmed what Solomon the wisest man that ever lived on earth
said about man’s futile search for happiness, “So I hated life, For all is
vanity and a striving after the wind” (Ecclesiastes 2:17).
Where then is Happiness?
In Christ Alone! The Bible says that “the God of hope
will fill you with all joy and peace in believing…”(Romans 15:13). Unhappiness
is a consequence of sin. It is the Work of Christ that makes us safe; His Word
that makes us sure! “These things have I written unto you that believe on the
Name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). Take another look deep
down. Are you unhappy? You might need to retrace some steps you have taken
before now in repentance.
You can find happiness and keep it. Those who died in misery
did so due to ignorance and unbelief! Their riches, achievements and fame did
not help them as death drew nigh. They had refused the Son of God, and
therefore they had no Saviour. A dark and uncertain future carries with it
unhappiness. If you are in such shoe, all you need is light found only in Christ JESUS! Then If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and
pray and seek (retreat) my face and turn from their wicked (backsliding) ways,
then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin (backsliding) and will
heal their land (Spiritual life)…2
Chronicles 7:14!!!
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