Recently we invited friends of the ministry to participate in a Happiness Survey (don't receive our emails?). The results are in, and they are telling...
Of the more than 8,700 people we surveyed from the Turning Point audience, it’s great to see that so many already understand where to find true happiness.
Nevertheless, 1 in 4 people surveyed expressed they are not satisfied with life.
Are these results surprising to you?
As Christians, we know we should find our true source of joy in the Lord, but sometimes it is difficult to feel joy when we are bogged down in the responsibilities of daily life.
Fortunately, Jesus Himself offers an entire discourse on the subject of happiness in His Beatitudes.
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There is a stark difference between this world’s version of happiness—sensory pleasure, laughter, frivolity, and the absence of pain—and the Bible’s: blessedness, deep-seated fulfillment and wholeness, an eternal perspective that explains the temporal. How blessed, Jesus said, how fulfilled and satisfied are those who…
Who what?
- Who are poor in spirit,
- who mourn,
- who are meek,
- who seek righteousness,
- who are merciful,
- who are pure,
- who make peace,
- and who are persecuted for the sake of the Kingdom of God.
Those are the Beatitudes of Jesus—the descriptions of blessing that attend those who live by the values of the Kingdom of God even while they live in this world (Matthew 5:1-12). Those who look to this world to meet their needs will be doubly disappointed. It can only occasionally provide temporary happiness (by the world’s definition) and can never provide permanent fulfillment. True blessedness, fulfillment, and satisfaction can come only from Jesus Christ.
He has given us all we need to experience soul-lifting, hope-giving joy...the kind that does not depend on earthly circumstances.
His joy is deep and lasting—it springs up from a heart devoted to Christ and intent on growing in Him.
