Happy are the spiritually poor
People talk of happiness often but I'm not sure if they understand what happiness is. Is happiness a 1950s setting with the picture perfect house, little white fence, immaculate flower garden, with a family beaming with continual smiles?
Is happiness the biggest house, the sports car, the boat, and shining career? Is happiness based on materialism?
Or is true happiness something more...
Jesus said "happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!" (Matt. 5:3)
Are you spiritually poor? Do you have a need that this world does not nor cannot satisfy? Are you tired of the chains of sin, the cycle of guilt, the motions of religion?
Are you content with the mask of mediocrity or is there a piece of your soul that cries out, that hungers for fulfillment?
Maybe you’ve tried materialism and what has it gotten you? More frustration, more upkeep, more bondage to an empty possession when the essence of you so desires something more… something lasting… something eternal!
If such stirrings are in place in your heart then you are blessed indeed and on the path to true happiness. For true happiness is more than an American dream, more than an emotional level obtained by sweat and toil and labor.
True happiness is a hunger, a longing, and a strong desire that will not nor cannot settle for the temporary trappings of this world. Your fulfillment then must be eternal and your search will guide you through the doorway called Christ our Lord! When Christ fills your soul with a relationship then the elements of this world fall aside, become less important, and more demanding becomes your hunger… your need for more of Jesus in your life.
Money does not mean much when compared to the glorious and fulfilling joy found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. The old car is good enough. The old clothing is good enough. For the chains of their desire is replaced with a contentment found in a walk and not a harried run.
Happiness is found in walking with our Lord and giving to others. A giving of self be that material, or attention, or prayer, a hand up, or a shoulder for others to cry on.
Is happiness the biggest house, the sports car, the boat, and shining career? Is happiness based on materialism?
Or is true happiness something more...
Jesus said "happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!" (Matt. 5:3)
Are you spiritually poor? Do you have a need that this world does not nor cannot satisfy? Are you tired of the chains of sin, the cycle of guilt, the motions of religion?
Are you content with the mask of mediocrity or is there a piece of your soul that cries out, that hungers for fulfillment?
Maybe you’ve tried materialism and what has it gotten you? More frustration, more upkeep, more bondage to an empty possession when the essence of you so desires something more… something lasting… something eternal!
If such stirrings are in place in your heart then you are blessed indeed and on the path to true happiness. For true happiness is more than an American dream, more than an emotional level obtained by sweat and toil and labor.
True happiness is a hunger, a longing, and a strong desire that will not nor cannot settle for the temporary trappings of this world. Your fulfillment then must be eternal and your search will guide you through the doorway called Christ our Lord! When Christ fills your soul with a relationship then the elements of this world fall aside, become less important, and more demanding becomes your hunger… your need for more of Jesus in your life.
Money does not mean much when compared to the glorious and fulfilling joy found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. The old car is good enough. The old clothing is good enough. For the chains of their desire is replaced with a contentment found in a walk and not a harried run.
Happiness is found in walking with our Lord and giving to others. A giving of self be that material, or attention, or prayer, a hand up, or a shoulder for others to cry on.
posted by Michael Byrd at 4:42 AM
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