Happiness
I started out the year 2024 with the subject of Gods Names. I started sharing a weekly Bible study on Facebook. I started a monthly blog on my website.
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It’s now June and I have already fizzled out. Partly from writers block and partly from self doubt. In my mind, this “self doubt” is actually mistrusting God. I will be the first one to admit I am not a famous writer, not even a talented author. But I will say, I totally enjoy writing. I enjoy sharing my thoughts and opinions to help encourage and lift others up. I also know God gave me this desire and the vision to continue writing. So, whether it’s laziness, mistrust in God, or both, I want to apologize for not being diligent with my writing. And I is the real problem, because I without God is doomed. (And yes, I mean is)
However, the words and messages are still in my heart and brain and some even on scraps of paper and miscellaneous note books, note pads, my phone. Ok, ok, you get the idea. Writing is just something I do. It doesn’t always make sense, and it’s very random, but it’s how God made me. My passion, my goal is to have written words that will continually bring others to know Christ. Words that will encourage children of God to live their lives at the fullest for Gods Glory. My passion is that these words that God has filled me with, will pour over to people, even after I’m gone. But how can that happen if I don’t share them.
The first thing to share is something that has been heavy on my heart. Something that made me stop, think and pray. Nobody likes to be accused of things. But sometimes it’s ok, maybe the accusation is correct. Someone close to me accused me of caring more for Gods will than their happiness. Well, that’s true. Of course God wants us to be happy. Of course I want people to be happy, especially those closest to me. In fact I will do what I am capable of doing to make sure others are happy. But, if we are not doing Gods will, there’s no way we can truly be happy. And God knows this, He made us. He created us and every single thing around us. So, yea, Gods will is more important than our happiness! In fact, no way can we be happy without Gods will. Don’t listen to the world’s version of happiness. Be honest with me, have you ever seen anybody in the world who has truly been happy, without God? Fully, truly, peaceful and happy? Without God? I don’t believe it’s possible.
Back to the subject of 2024. Gods names. I came across this in one of my daily devotions. God is “I am…” fill in the blank. God is I am… He is everything! All things!
Today if I would fill in this blank, I would say: God is Happiness.
“God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.””
Exodus 3:14 HCSB