Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The Most Boring Life on Earth?
Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts. (Psalm 119:2 NLT)
Before I committed my life to Christ, I thought that Christians lived the most boring lives on earth. I saw Christianity as a list of things that you could not do. My perception was that Christians hung out with dull people and spent their time praying and singing songs. In a nutshell, I thought Christianity was no fun.
When a lot of people think about the way of following Jesus Christ, the way of obedience, they foresee misery and restrictions. Most nonbelievers view the Christian life as one of gloom and, worst of all, boredom.
However, after becoming a Christian, I discovered the opposite was true. My priorities changed. And I found that the holy way—the godly way, the way of obedience—is in reality the happy way.
We see in Psalm 119, as well as in other places in Scripture, that happiness is always connected to holiness. And we also find that happiness is not something that we should seek outright. Pursuing happiness, in and of itself, generally is a futile search. Rather, happiness is a result of seeking something else.
Speaking about God, the psalmist wrote, “Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts” (Psalm 119:2 NLT).
There are two ways that we can live our lives: the right way and the wrong way. There are two paths that we can take: the narrow road that leads to life or the broad way that leads to destruction (see Matthew 7:13-14). And there are two foundations that we can build on: the solid rock or sinking sand (see Matthew 7:24-27).
As a result, we will live either the holy and happy way or the miserable and unholy way. Everything we need in life to be happy, everything we need to be fulfilled, is found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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