GOD WANTS YOU HAPPY!

'When you eat the labour of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.' Psalms 128:2

Make no mistake about it. God wants you to be happy. He is concerned about your well-being above all things. Yes, He wants you to become more Christ-like, grow in faith and fulfill your divine destiny. But above all, He wants you to be happy. Know that He is not the source of misery and troubles in your life. Jesus is the source of your joy. In His presence is fullness of joy. You may ask: how about those trials, difficulties, struggles and disappointments I have to go through? Even though God allows such things to come into your life, His plan is to restore double joy for all the troubles you went through.

Yesterday I was faced with this question. If I had to choose between my son being happy and him fulfilling his divine destiny, what will I choose? Without hesitation I chose for him to be happy. As a parent, naturally you will hope that your children live blessed and happy lives. You will do all you can to protect him from heartaches and disappointments even though you know they will face these difficult times at some point in their lives. Yes, you will still learn to let go and entrust your children to the Lord for you cannot protect them for life.

But you see the point here is that even as earthly parents, our desire is to see our children happy, how much more our Heavenly Father! It is a warped view to think that God delights in seeing us suffer during tough times. Yes, some training and stretching may be required on your path to fulfilling your destiny, but God is not masochistic. He is full of mercy. You don't even know how much easier He has made the training to be. And if the training seems to take a little longer to complete, it just means that He is slowing down the pace so you could catch up. He wants you to finish well.

Beloved, always know that His heart for you is good, His plans for you are to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a hope and a future. I encourage you to see His heart of love for you. It is dangerous to gauge His love based on your circumstances. Always see His love from the finished work on the cross. That is an unchangeable truth. Your circumstance may change, but His love will never change. And when you experience the love of God and know that your well-being is important to Him, you will become a victor in life. God wants you to be happy. He is happy when He sees you happy; He is sad when He sees you heartbroken. That's the heart of our Abba Father.