In Pursuit of Happiness - Part Five | 08.02.12

In choosing to rebel and pursue our own happiness, we face the resistance of GOD as we attempt to satisfy by our own means the cravings of our flesh.  Please understand that this resistance isn't so much GOD going out of His way to thwart our efforts Himself.  It's actually more sophisticated than that.  We essentially come head-to-head with the unseen systems established in eternity before the foundations of the world that govern the environment with which we interact through our five senses.  

Everything GOD created is subject to its respective systems of operation.  These systems govern the cause and effect relationships of all our interactions with the created world.  Therefore, prideful people find themselves perpetually stuck between a rock and a hard place because they're fighting a never-ending battle against a grace-less opponent.  And one can't help but be unhappy living that kind of life.

When we are deceived into believing that which GOD has forbidden makes us happy and determine to pursue it anyway, then arises a spirit of arrogance that blinds us to the impending consequences of our actions.  The high we experience in our perceived happiness is so euphoric that it blinds us to the harsh reality that ultimately lies ahead.  We become so arrogant that we feel invincible; and the grip of pride is so firm that we even dismiss the smaller, less catostrophic consequences of our choices because they aren't painful enough.  Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall.  When you're blinded by pride, you can't see the destruction to come; and when a haughty spirit has you high, falling is the last thing on your mind.

Read the next installment (In Pursuit of Happiness - Part Six).