The Key/Path To True Happiness

Happiness is not listed with the fruits of the Spirit,however, happiness is promised to those who trust in and obey the Lord.( we just might need to take a closer look at what we define as happinessand who our 'happiness' serves) ooh Happy/blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!Ps.144:15 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,And whose hope is the LORD.Jer.17:7 Happiness is the the phoenix that risesfrom the ashes on the altar of sacrifice/obedience So Samuel said: “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.1 Sa.15:22 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it,and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,this one will be blessed in what he does.James 1:25 The law of liberty is not freedom/permission todo what we prefer, but rather to trust God (who) works all things for goodto those who love Him are called according to His purpose (not ours)Rom.8:28 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.“Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.” Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. The path to the house has been cleared so we can get to the front door! The path of righteousness has been cleared too, not by a shovelbut by a Shepherd 🙏 To walk inwe first mustAnd acknowledge that hinders true humilityThat frustrates full surrender to He who knows and supplies our needsecures He cannot that is not stayed on HimWho prefers rather, to appease the ways of want with willful prideAnd cater to the nature that justifies stubborn wish and whimRather than honour the Creator who is able/faithful to provide is not a 'pick-your-flavour-of-the-day'His commands are not optional, but He, who authored salvation's plan and paid its price. Or to refuse why are we so deceived by sight?Making logic more credible than who through to know wrong from rightand leaves the fold to seek the lost To walk in paths of righteousness we first must trust the Shepherd's leadAnd recognize that selfishness approves the wayward ways of sinWe first must er So that all may find that once wereFor who makeSo that we need not fear the vales that wind through Unknowns, dark and deepThe Shepherd, whose love never fails leads us till faith is turned to sight © Janet Martin Psalm 95:6-7O come, let us worship and bow down;let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.For He is our God,and we are the people of His pasture,the sheep under His care.