Happy
03-14-14
Psalm
146:5 (KJV) 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the LORD
his God:
I had a different message lined up for today but changed it midstream. A few
weeks ago I was at the workout gym and while walking on the treadmill I heard
this song. I had no idea who the artist was and couldn't even make out the
lyrics; but, the song was great. Great beat and melody and that kind of stuff.
Well, I went on about my business and the song would play in my head from time
to time. A couple days ago I just happened to be watching T.V. and a car
commercial came on and lo and behold the song was playing very dimly in the
background. So, I went to work that very night and asked a guy who has teenager
kids if he could find the name of the song. Well, last night he came in and
informed me that his youngest daughter knew the commercial and the song. It was
a song by a man named Pharrell Williams and the name of the song was "The Happy
Song." I Googled it and watched the video and found out that the song was
written for a movie (Despicable Me 2, I think) and it had been nominated for an
Oscar but had not won. But, the crazy thing about this song was that it has gone
viral on YouTube. It seems that people from all over the world are making videos
about being happy and sending them into a website. (24hoursofhappy.com) It's
mostly kids(the video from Munich, Germany is my favorite) and they are
dancing, breakdancing, doing backflips, riding bikes and motorscooters....on and
on. It's really cool. Go watch it. It will put a smile on your face.
Ahhh...that elusive butterfly called happiness. We spend untold amounts of
time,energy and most of all money trying to capture it. Only problem is once we
think we have it, it somehow escapes our grasp and we are off in a vain
attempt to net it again. It's a never ending game of catch and release. The
reason being, that happiness is based on external circumstances; and those
circumstances are in a constant state of flux. Happiness isn't necessarily due
to our choices either. I know people who live in difficult circumstances that
are not of their making. They did not choose, no,no. They were dealt the hand
they have. In many cases they had NO choice. Life thrust their circumstances
upon them. The Bible says the serpent strikes without enchantment. I said all
that to say this. GO GRAB YOU SOME HAPPINESS TODAY! Listen, your problems can
wait for another day. They aren't going anywhere. Take a day off and lighten
your load. Now, I don't recommend that you go try and do a 360 on a bike!
Neither do I subscribe going out in the front yard and doing backflips or
breakdancing. You feelin' me? But, if you can do those things, by all means
knock yourself out. I'll find my happiness on the porch with all the other pups.
Amen?
Listen brothers and sisters, we can dwell on the newspeak on the tele. We can
speculate on the course of our world. Ukraine, Middle East, Global Warming,
Terrorism, the decline of America, on and on and on and on and on.....OR we can
take a week, a day, an hour to think on God and His goodness. We can meditate on
the above verse until we realize that God is OUR(yours and mine) HELPER. He is
the King of ALL the Universe, the Sovereign Lord, and CONTROLS ALL THINGS. Go do
something that you enjoy. Dance, sing, walk the dog, whatever.. just let those
problems and burdens float up in the sky. It will be a medicine to your
bones.
Proverbs
17:22 (KJV) 22 A merry
heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Just do it. It might just make you HAPPY!
Psalm 18:29-33
(KJV) 29 For by thee I have
run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the
word of the LORD is tried: he
is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our
God?
32 It is God that girdeth
me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my
high places.
God Bless
No comments:
Post a Comment