Title: Secret of the Happy (Deuteronomy 33:29)
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What is the source of happiness and what are the conditions for happiness?
What do you own a lot? Or am I living knowing who I am and what I am supposed to do?
As a result of the happiness index survey conducted by the British New Economy Foundation, Vanuatu, an island country next to Australia, ranked first. The average life expectancy in this country is 68.6 years and the per capita income is only $2944. Colombia came in second and Costa Rica in third. According to other research studies, Bangladesh and the Philippines have the highest happiness index. These are all poor countries. However, the happiness index of Koreans, a country with a national income of $15,000 and economically ranked 11th and 2nd, was 102nd, followed by the UK at 108th, France at 129th, and the United States at 150th. This phenomenon is obviously because happiness lies in existence, not in possession.
One of the characteristics of modern society is that it is a society that evaluates people for what they have. So, when modern people talk about happiness, they judge whether they have more or less. It is assumed that those who have more are happier than those who have less. I think having more is a shortcut to being treated as a better human being. On the one hand, it might be. There is a widespread perception in society that the increase in wealth is a measure of happiness and a stepping stone. But having more doesn't necessarily make you happier.
Given that he has a lot, the daughter of Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who committed suicide last time, has no reason to commit suicide. She was a woman who had what no one else had. He could buy and get anything he wanted. But he committed suicide. He wasn't happy that year.
What I have seems to bring true happiness, but it doesn't. Possession is the act of distinguishing and distinguishing oneself from others, but possession does not guarantee happiness. Still, many people think they'll be happy to own it, and they're really crazy about it.
Men want to find, find, and possess a beautiful woman, knowing that they will be happy if they marry them as lovers or wives. The same goes for women. I'm looking for a good-looking and wonderful person. But this should not be forgotten. The fact that maintaining and maintaining a beautiful woman has to pay a hefty cost and psychological stress. It is important to remember that maintaining a good-looking sleeper is not expensive.
It is a fact that the accumulation of electronic products, precious metals, and the growing apartment size do not give true happiness and lasting happiness. As we go through life, the mystery disappears, and things that were so thrilling become numb, and as we live, they become natural.
For the possessive-oriented, possessive-oriented person, there is no choice but to fall into the anxiety of losing what they have so far, and the addiction of obsessing and preoccupied with gaining more. There is no end to having a lot.
Rather, I feel bad and unhappy because I do not have more than I do now, and because of people who have more than I do now. When you compare yourself to others, happiness goes away. It is a virus that destroys happiness by thinking that what you have is small and insignificant compared to others. The desire to find the value of happiness in comparison with others takes away one's own happiness. We need a new shift in the way we look at other people's rice cakes in a bigger way. With just a grateful heart, we can become the protagonists of happiness. It is important to believe that an attitude of gratitude that sees and appreciates the environment and circumstances given to you as the best will bring you happiness. Fish are happy when they swim freely in the water, birds in the air are happy when they flap their big wings in the sky, and wild animals are happy when they live on the ground.
The way of salvation for a person to live like a human being is to live an existence-centered, existence-oriented life.
Today's text says, "Happy are you, O Israel. Who is like you, saved by the LORD? He is your shield and the sword of your glory. Your enemies will be subject to you, and you will tread on their high places." We are happy beings. Because there is no people like us who are saved by the Lord.
People who live an ownership-oriented life try to find happiness outside of themselves. So you live yourself as a victim of external circumstances. As a result, inevitably, it will inevitably lead to conflict, machinations, competition, war, dehumanization, and infinite struggle by the gulf of all. If material or all circumstances are abundant, they should give them freedom, but rather they are bound by them and often become victims.
But happiness is within you. Happiness is a choice. Happiness is a habit. Unhappiness is a habit. My happiness is determined by training to choose happiness on a regular basis. If you do not want unhappiness, you must reject unhappy thoughts. There is no way to be happy by choosing an unhappy thought.
But being poor doesn't necessarily mean being happy. I am well aware of how hard and exhausting a life that is so poor that there is no bread and no place to put one's head. That shouldn't be the case. No, it's better to be rich if you can. I bless all of you saints to be more abundant.
But it should not be overlooked that it is not in the abundance of material life to stand firm as a happy person. Happiness is not in having, but in being. It is the fact that ?쏧 am the one who enjoys the gospel as a child of God.??So, when the ?쐒ighteousness, peace, and joy??that God gives me flows in me, I become a happy person. It is to become a person who lives an ecstatic life. Instead of living a life filled with worry and worry, we can be thankful no matter what happens because we believe that God works all things together for good and good. He is truly a happy man.
In the age of persecution in the early church, there were many Christians hiding in caves to avoid persecution. It's called the Catacombs, and there are graffiti on the walls, saying things like "Let's shine" and "Let's fly like a bird." It is said that there were no negative and unhappy words, and only such bright words were recorded. The early church members became those who enjoyed the gospel.
You should enjoy and enjoy your existence. We need to make it a habit, consciousness, and constitution of joy and gratitude for living like this now and here. This kind of life is the way to the full stature of Jesus Christ. It is important to believe that an attitude of gratitude that sees and appreciates the environment and circumstances given to you as the best will bring you happiness. This is the secret of happiness.