In Pursuit of Happiness - Part Seven | 08.10.12

Considering all that's been said til now, let me ask you this...  Do you REALLY want to be blessed? Do you REALLY want to live free of the bondage of sin?  Do you, for the first time in your life, REALLY want to be happy?  Then let me tell you something...  You can't name it and claim it, neither can you blab it and grab it.  You can't turn around three times or just praise your way into it.  You can't even give your way into it because this right here is the result of something much greater: you need to BE TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind.

It takes cutting off your ties to the world system and immersing yourself in the culture of Heaven to experience a life-altering metamorphosis of being.  It requires fasting and spending time in prayer to hear the voice of GOD and clearly discern the spiritual activity happening all around you.  You need to eat the Word of GOD daily and make it a top priority to understand and apply what you're reading, if you plan on walking in the wisdom it declares.  And you need to be filled with the Holy Ghost to walk in the power and demonstration of Heaven's influence over the Earth realm.

The way to happiness is clear.  Let GOD be LORD of all.  Stop looking for another gospel.  Cease from searching for another way.  No other path can get you to the place of wholeness you desire.  But know this: it's going to cost you because you're finally going to have to stop playing church.  You'll have to stop prostituting your emotions and bartering for quick fixes to instead humble yourself and submit to the governing influence of GOD for your life.  Being sick and tired of being sick and tired, folks, IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH anymore.  If you want things to change, then how about YOU CHANGE FIRST?  Until YOU are ready to change, things will remain the same and steadily continue getting worse.

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