Whether it is peace, happiness, joy, love, money, success, or friendship, we search for it. We search for it in hopes to fill or even satisfy the longing that resides within us.
Some of us spend our lives searching for these things and we miss out on the one thing that is the most important and satisfying.
JESUS
The Author of this Psalm experienced happiness because he searched for God the author, creator, inventor and giver of the very things he longed for and that we long for today. It was not the idea of what he thought would make him happy, joyful, successful, loved, or have lots of friends. It was filling his whole heart with the one who owns them and lavishes him with them.
Through our obedience and our whole hearted search to know Jesus our thoughts and feelings will begin to reflect not the idea but the name.
Prayer: Lord Jesus I want the happiness that comes from my desire to obey and search for You with all of my heart. Not the idea of what I think will make me happy. From my own experience the joy I feel when I am with You is greater than any joy I could ever try and create myself. Thank You for the joy Your name alone brings to me. Amen
