Calvary Baptist Church Walters,Oklahoma

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How can I Have Better Circumstances in My Life?

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You often hear people say: “My life is dull, and boring. If I could just attain some level of success I think I could find happiness.” A college senior once said “I am 23. I’ve lived through enough experiences to be old, and I’m already fed up with life.” One of the world’s great statesmen said, “I am an old man. Life has lost all meaning. Can I find a ray of hope. All these people lived in good circumstances. However, the Christian on the other hand, has a different perspective on the meaning of happiness. C. S. Lewis said, “Joy is the serious business of heaven.”

Happiness which belongs enduring worth to life is not super cial happiness that’s dependent on circumstances, but contentment that lls the soul even in the midst of the most distressing of circumstances and the most adverse environment. It’s the kind of happiness that survives when things go wrong. The happiness for which our souls ache is one of undisturbed by success or failure.

You see, our materialistic world rushes on with its eternal quest for the fountain of happiness! We sometimes put more value on our materialistic things that we do on God. The more knowledge we acquire, the less wisdom we seem to have. The more economic security we gain, the more bored and insecure we become. The more worldly pleasure we enjoy the less satisfied and contented we are with life. We become like a restless sea, finding a little peace and a little pleasure there, but nothing permanent. It is all temporary and only last for just a little while. So the search continues on!

Happiness is not according to worldly definitions. True happiness is joy in spite of circumstances, because those who follow God will experience a happiness that comes only from Him.

1 Peter 1: 8 says: “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:” Think about those last six words in that verse, “joy unspeakable and full of glory.” (KJV).

I sincerely hope you find happiness in all your circumstances.