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When we want something other than what God
wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.”[1]
C. S. Lewis
I believe
I can say with confidence that there are few, if any, people on the face of the
earth who do not want to be happy. A large amount of our energy is spent
running after, or trying to obtain happiness. We look for satisfaction in the
things we buy, in the people we choose to surround ourselves with, and how we
approach our careers and vocations.
Society
tells us that the only way to be happy is to be true to your inner self. The
only problem with that is that the majority of us have trouble deciding what we
want off the dollar menu at a fast food restaurant, much less searching through
the deepest parts of our soul to find that part which is authentic, if indeed
there is one.
My
question in this dialogue is, “Why would we spend so much time searching for
what has already been found? Why do we go on the quest that has already been
accomplished? If we want to how to operate a piece of technology in the most
beneficial manner, it is usually best to consult the manual or to ask someone
who knows a great deal about the piece of equipment in which we are interested?
God qualifies in every aspect of that issue, but often he is the very last
person we want to consult.
We fear
that God will make us start something we really don’t want to do or require
that we cease an activity that has become a personal favorite.
The truth
of the matter is that God has programmed us to find peace, happiness, and
satisfaction in any kind of ultimate
sense only as we conform to his standards. Anything else is a shadow of that
ultimate reality, temporal and fleeting.
This
season, as we light the candle representing love, consider Christ, the one who gave
himself that you might have life, and have it more abundantly.
Pastor Craig
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