Happiness

I would like to talk to you today about finding

true happiness. Too many of God’s children

are not happy when they should be. I talked

to a 22year-old man who told me he was

miserable. He laid his head over on his

steering wheel and shared with me all the

reasons that he should be happy- a new car,

a decent job, nice apartment, everything he

wanted.  But he wept in confusion as to why

he should be so unhappy.

People who live for things are like junk

collectors. They are new today, but tomorrow

they are old and thrown out. Things do not

satisfy the hungry soul. Someone asked John

D Rockefeller just how much money a

person would have to have to be happy, and

he replied, “Just a little more.” If you are

searching for satisfaction and things,

you are chasing a pot of gold at the end

of the rainbow.

It can only be superficial happiness that

depends on outward circumstances and

things. Billy Graham told the story about

a man contemplating suicide. Rev.

Graham advised, “There is a clown

performing in a neighboring town. He

can make anyone laugh.” The man

confessed, “I am that clown.”

Jesus is the physician with our prescription

for happiness. He will mend broken hearts

and heal the sin-sick soul. He can restore the

weary. You will never know true happiness

until you know Jesus Christ. Do you know him

today?

Father, give us a new song when we have

no melody.

Amen.