I am reading "Shattered Dreams" by Larry Crabb. He writes that people who insist on happiness never find joy. Joy in the Lord and His promises. "They feel happy for a time but it's a selfish happiness. They live for the ongoing satisfaction of desires, other than the desire to know God. They become self-absorbed," he writes.
When our relationship with the Lord is not the priority of our hearts, a sense of entitlement develops, and we see ourselves as needing something we don't have and think we should have. We may be satisfied for the moment but a deeper emptiness follows and we become a slave to whatever we think makes us feel better. And Satan's deceptive ways take hold of our hearts.
Only through Jesus do we have joy in our lives, as we look beyond this world of brokenness to eternal peace with Him. Phil.3:17 - 4:1
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