Because I'm happy......Have you got the tune in your head already?? Catchy little blighter isnt it? On adverts and in shops and on the radio just about everywhere all the time. Im sure part of the reason it has taken off is because its a catchy happy tune and people like singing about being happy. Its infectious. And then of course it is associated with a feel-good movie too. So for Pharrell Williams a winning formula methinks. The cheque is in the post!!
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth........ Hmmmmmm not sure about that. Is happiness the truth? Is it the be all and end all and the ultimate goal? Im undecided. I dont think God ever promised us that we would be happy. Not in this life anyway. Just the opposite in fact. He promises us trouble and persecution and a life of taking up our cross daily. Its the world which tries to sell us happiness. Buy this or that and you will be happy. Wear this or that, eat this or that, have the perfect relationship... it will make you happy and happiness is the ultimate goal.
On the other hand of course Jesus came to give us life in all its fullness. Which must include being happy. And God has a fantastic sense of humour and loves to have a laugh. Surely if you are made of love then you have to be happy in your nature dont you? So perhaps our lives are supposed to be happy after all. Or perhaps it's that Gods definition of happiness and the world's definition are not the same thing at all.... yes, that must be it! :-)
God tells us how to be happy in Matthew 5 ( Bee - attitudes, get it? LOL)
and yes, I know we have heard it all before but I, for one, need to be reminded of this on a regular basis. Its not in having enough money in the bank that I shall be happy - its by knowing that I dont have enough in my spiritual bank account. It's not by being a success and trampling on everyone as I climb the greasy pole, its through humility and service and showing mercy. Its not through partying and spending and looking for excitement, but through grieving with those who grieve, working to make peace and living well before God. These things bring us SHALOM. That all encompassing sense of peace and wellbeing and contentment under God. Its so much more than happiness
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