'Amid the difficulties of life, God’s way shows us that joy comes through finding our hope and comfort in Him.' - missjazzyliz
There are two types of people in the world: those that read instruction manuals and those that don’t. For the longest time, I used to be the latter. Anytime I got a new gadget, appliance, or piece of furniture, I believed I could figure out how to use it on my own. But over and over again, my assumptions proved to be wrong. Rather than a few minutes, I would spend hours trying to assemble my new purchase.
Because we believe we’ll be happier and safer if our circumstances and the people around us are perfect. In each example, our decisions or beliefs are motivated by an underlying story telling us where to find happiness. However, we aren’t born with these stories. Over the years, we have received them from lots of different influences. The TV shows we watch, the people we follow on social media, and our community all teach us how to view our lives and the world. This is where we learn that the good life is found in material possessions, control, individualism, and many other things.
From Genesis to Revelation, all 66 books of the Bible combine to form one unified narrative that shows us that God created us to flourish in relationship with him. But, because of sin, this relationship has been broken, and humanity now tries to find a life of flourishing apart from Him. When we choose the wrong story, we end up experiencing a counterfeit type of flourishing. Our happiness becomes rooted in the fulfillment of our personal desires in such a way that others suffer. We won’t love others self-sacrificially and we will worship other “gods” instead of the one true God. Sadly, any pursuit of human flourishing that is disconnected from God will fall short of what we were intended to experience.
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