Title: Six secrets of happiness
1. Eat and drink with pleasure (verse 7)
A life you enjoy is never a bad life. Rather, God delights in such a life. Sometimes we need to fast and pray as a sign of deep repentance, but basically God is pleased with eating well. Just as mothers like mothers when children enjoy the food prepared by their mothers, so does God like the food provided by the saints when they taste good. Eat with pleasure, drink with pleasure, and spend your money daringly when you need it. It is not advisable to live with too much savings. Use your money wisely and use it wisely in giving, sharing and giving. Do not love money and be happy when you can spend money on good things without any regrets.
2. Take good care of your appearance (verse 8)
When judging people, you should look at the heart, not by their appearance, but it is never wrong to give joy and pleasure to others by showing your best appearance. A good mind makes a good impression, a good impression makes a good life. So try to make a good impression. Just because the Bible says not to judge people by their looks, doesn't mean that you can mess with your appearance. A person's personality and traits are well reflected in their appearance. No one sees a mouse and says he looks virtuous, and no one says he looks virtuous when he sees a pig. That fact is the challenge of making the appearance and impression as good as possible.
3. Love your family (verse 9)
4. Work hard (verse 10)
To be truly happy, you have to work hard while enjoying life. Without work, the soul gradually dies. Some people think that work and labor are the product of the curse that came from Adam's sin. But work is not a product of a curse, just as life itself is not a curse. Although the Fall corrupted human labor, even before the Fall, God said, “Rule! Conquer it!” He advised work. Why did God give you work? This is because through work, you feel the meaning and worth of existence, and achieve happiness and blessings while realizing yourself. So, find a job you can do that is meaningful and enjoyable, and work hard.
5. Wait for the right time (verse 11)
God has already designed that life for the saints to succeed. Following that design, one day God will give you the most appropriate time of grace, so you will meet the most appropriate person and receive the most appropriate opportunity for blessing. Not all seasons are harvesting seasons. There is a season of sowing, there is a season of watering, and there is a season of flowering. The seeding and watering season is tough, but you have to pass those tests well. Everyone has a chance to be blessed. Don't lament that you don't have a background. What we need to think about is not the background. The important thing is to live diligently with the belief that God has planned a time of blessing.
6. Rely on God alone (verse 12)
When David stood before Goliath, the people said, “You cannot. He is too big for you to deal with.” Then David thought. “That Goliath is big, so if I throw a stone, it will always hit me.” And when he threw a slingshot, Goliath was so big that it hit him without deflecting and knocked him down. No event or Satan can block the way of the saints. Only your own unbelief blocks the path to blessing. Don't worry about blockages. When one road is blocked, a new, better one opens. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake. Believe that God will never give up on his brilliant plan for us, even though he knows all his mistakes and failures.