Is anyone really happy? Is there really someone out there that wants to scream at the top their lungs in euphoria all the time? of course there flipping isn’t. But again it’s another lie that the enemy deceives us with, feeding us through social media, movies and music, once I get that handbag I’ll be happy, when I find the one, when I have money, when I get that job. But it never actually hits does it, what we think is happiness is an empty high, then boom, gone. Whilst there’s nothing wrong with wanting things or looking for love, you need to understand your happiness will never be in them.
That search for happiness is so completely deceiving, it robs us of the most vital thing we need to have in order to feel what we should, contentment and gratefulness.
YOUR HAPPINESS LIES IN YOUR GRATITUDE, CONTENTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
You woke up this morning, this is not a given as many won’t and don’t get the grace of a new day. Was you grateful and thankful? or did you pick up your phone and start scrolling? looking through endless posts of people portraying a happy life that you wish you had, or maybe you watched or read the news, maybe you woke up still angry or upset about something you wouldn’t care about if you found out you wouldn’t be alive tomorrow.
To be content is the real happy, to know and accept you have everything you need. Money, marriage or a bigger butt isn’t going to make you happy. I spent the first 30 years of my life getting pretty much always what i wanted, was I happy? no, because either it never turned out what how i thought it would, or I was already chasing what i wanted next. I was numbed out.
RE WIRE YOUR BRAIN
Your brain works on survival mode, it wants to stay comfortable in the familiar because its the safest bet to keeping you “safe”. This along with the enemy working against you, means you need to put in the work and ask God for his help to pull you out of this mess and bring you into a state of gratitude where you can flourish the way our father intended.
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
- Wake up and pray, even if you only say thank you for waking, do it. God has a purpose for you and the enemy is continually trying to block your path with worldly distractions which will never make you happy. Remember, Not only does God have your path to your purpose set, so does the enemy.
- Stop the doom scrolling and leave your phone alone in the morning and whenever you can during the day, It’s one big distraction which will either depress you or fill you with want of things you don’t really want or need.
- Be mindful of the company you keep, ask God to grant you discernment. A lot of people want what’s best for them and not what’s best for you, as I grew closer to God on my journey and began to get better habits friends of mine became uncomfortable and tried to turn me back. As harsh as it seems let them go.
- Talk to God, yes you can talk to him, You have no idea how much he loves you and wants you to reach out to him, never let yourself believe you have done anything that could make him turn you away because he won’t.
