From the Inside Out

There are many individuals today that are searching for happiness in all the wrong people, places, and things. Many people measure the level of their happiness by what is surrounding them. If they’re comfortable in life with the house they want, the cars they want, and the kind of friends surrounding them that make them feel good; then by those standards they’re happy in life.

What about when all of those things become old and dated? For years during the good times in the economy, many people were able to sustain that false sense of happiness. When those things that once made them happy didn’t provide that sensation anymore; many were able to afford new things that replenished that false sense. Now the economy is in shambles, people are out of work and can’t buy the things that once made them happy, and can’t rely on people to make them happy because they too are in the same position; depression comes in which opens the door to the devil to come in and wreak more havoc.

Until we figure out that true happiness comes from within first many will try to seek happiness from other people and other things.

Proverbs 3:13-18 (KJV)
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof is gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone that retaineth her.

Your happiness shouldn’t be dependent on any outside force because it dwells on the inside where your creator dwells. Not having many material possessions shouldn’t make you depressed and in the dumps. As long as you know that you are a child of God, that you were created in righteousness, and He approves of you and loves you; that alone should be all we need to continue throughout our lives being joyful no matter what the situation is.

There are many young girls that revert to prostitution, sex with numerous partners, etc… just to feel that joy that they are missing from within. They just want to feel approved and loved. There are so many people in the world that are searching and seeking for what already dwells on the inside. They just have to learn how to recognize it and cultivate it. God doesn’t want anyone of His children unhappy in life, all we have to do is let him take over and put all things into his hands. Once people start to realize this, they will start to experience a peace, and joy that they never thought they could experience.

So your happiness and approval cannot be obtained from things that surround you, but it is already given from the creator within you.

I pray that this has been a blessing on your life.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org