I’ve had a number of situations in my world lately where I’ve had people make the following, or similar, comment: “I just want to be happy.” This response has been their justification to stepping away from Godly living and “doing their own thing.” It seems like they are trying to find a quick fix to happiness.
But I don’t think it works that way.
In the wood shop I’ve learned a lesson that fits well here. There are no quick steps to making quality furniture. They all take time, patience and work. If you aren’t interested in having a quality piece of furniture, then go to Ikea, get your painted glued sawdust board, screw it together in three easy steps, and BAM!! You’ll have a sort-of usable thing that will last for a little while…maybe.
That might work for a piece of furniture that doesn’t matter, but is that the same approach we want to take with our lives? Our marriages? Our kids?
I heard once that “God doesn’t want us to be happy; He wants us to be holy. And it’s then – and only then – that we’ll be truly happy.”
“Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”
