Misqouted | Week 2 | October 22nd, 2023
GOD WANTS YOU HAPPY
May all who are godly be happy…
– Psalm 97:12
THE THEOLOGY OF HAPPINESS
- Whatever makes me happy must be right. Whatever makes me unhappy must be wrong.
- Discomfort, delay, risk, suffering, inconveniences, and obstacles can’t be God’s will.
- Without knowing it, I begin to worship the false gods of comfort, money, pleasure, and things.
GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU HAPPY
- When it causes you to do something wrong or unwise.
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.
– 1 Peter 1:15
- When it is only based on things of this world.
Better possessions + peaceful circumstances + thrilling experiences + the right relationships + the perfect appearance = happiness.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
– 1 John 2:15-17
GOD WANTS YOU BLESSED
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
– Psalm 37:4
May all who are godly be happy in the LORD and praise his holy name!
– Psalm 97:12