So You Want to Be Happy

INTRODUCTION

2 thoughts

Emotional reaction

To something you wanted, desired (puppy, phone, house, car)

Your favorite team

Major accomplishment

Birthday present

Vacation

This is temporary (it goes away) (One team wins the other loses)

We will talk about happiness that’s not temporal.

Nothing wrong with this

The Bible will let you know that there is a non-temporal (Joy)

The Bible literally guarantees a lasting happiness

Tonight we will look at Ps 1

It’s in 2 parts:

The Blessed Man (Vs 1-3)

The Wicked / Unhappy Man (vs 4-6)

This will only work if you believe in the inspiration of the Bible

There will never be a time with the scriptures are not true. NEED TO HIDE THIS IN YOUR HEART

Part 1

Who is Blessed

Why is He Blessed

What is the Result

We are not talking about the fleeting kind of happiness that’s temporary

You’re going to always smile

You’re going to have a constant feeling an emotional high

And this kind of happiness is a choice - regardless of what is happening

Part 2

Who is not Bless

The failures of His Life

The Results / Justice of God

Not saying that the wicked will never be happy

Everyone has a believe system and your feet will move in the direction your mind thinks

EVERY HUMAN BEING LIVES WHAT THEY BELIEVE

But there will be consequences to what you choose to do! And these consequences are inevitable

God 2 Piles

God 2 Roads

Eve is an example

Psalm 1:1 ESV

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

THE MAN IS BLESSED (he did not receive or doing anything)

Ecclesiastes

Atheist, Humanist, Evolutionist

This man is particular about who he associates with

3 postures: Walking, Standing and Sitting

Getting council about God from atheist that is contrary to God (How to raise your children)

What happens when you listen to a certain kind of council - (birds of a feather, glass of water in a room - you chose your path and you stand with sinners.

He becomes one of them (they scorn believers). You become a scornful mocker of God.

Psalm 1:2–3 ESV

but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

This delight is not like the delight in worldly things (THIS IS NOT THE SAME LEVEL OF FUN)

This delight is in God Word

(DO YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD PERSON)

Psalm 1:4 ESV

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

There is no weight or substance to them and blown away by the slightest wind.

What remains - THE TRUTH

Psalm 1:5–6 ESV

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.