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Well, of course God wants us to be happy. But what does that mean? What does He Mean? What kind of happiness does God have in mind for me? And isn't it true: God's concept of human happiness is not the same as the world's concept of happiness?

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Our problem is - the tendency to reduce this God of glory to more manageable proportions; we trivialize God, and make Him into our own image. We want to re-fashion God, to make Him fit our expectations and serve our desires. We want to invent our own projects for our purposes, and then sign God on as a junior partner.

We have lost a sense of awe before God. We want to do whatever we want to do, and then call upon God to help us ... to justify us and serve us, and make us happy.

So, we imprison God within the structure we have built for Him -- we live however we want to live, then when we are confronted with some portion of truth or law or some rebuke to awaken us our reply is, "Well, God wants me to be happy!" Well, God wants us to be happy, but the happiness he desires for us is spiritual, and it is based on holiness, not the flesh.

Yes -- God wants us to be happy (See Eccl. 2:24; 3:12-13,22; 5:18-19; 9:9; 1 Pet. 3:10; 3 Jno. 2). There is no debate about this - God wants us to enjoy life here on earth, and be happy. He wants us to live joyfully, to see good days, and enjoy the rewards of our labor. But -- if we really want to pay attention to what God wants, let's observe this -- Not only does God want me to be happy, He also wants me to be holy!! (2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 1:3-4; Heb. 12:10; 1 Pet. 1:15,16; 1 Pet. 2:5,9; 2 Pet. 3:11).

And, we can do it! We can be happy (as defined by God), and at the same time we can be holy (as defined by God.) If we take our definitions and concepts and values from God - regarding both happiness and holiness, it is possible to be happy and holy at the same time.

Yes God wants to be happy.

God lives in us and God wants to be happy so of course God wants us to be happy.

Let God be happy in you.

Don't worry, be happy.

What if God were Bobby McFerrin, , that would be so nuts,,,


thanx for staying positive, its nice energy to partake in Jeannie