October 16

 "His Voice Today"

October 16

🔸️ Should not seek self-minded happiness! 🔸️

Any selfish desire that one has in order to be happy, is a sin equal to lust! Because its root is in the flesh and it can never stand before God!! Because Romans 8:7 firmly says, "The self-mind is enmity against God; it do not obey the laws of God. In fact, it is not even able to obey His laws.."

The motto of mankind in the 21st Century, "We were born to be happy" is a one-line policy only. Nobody has the courage to inquire "What moral right does a fallen man need to ask for happiness?" Their books, dances and songs all indicate the intense struggle for their individual happiness! Anyone who realizes his true status would have realized that he has no right to ask for happiness!

If a good-conscious man reads a few pages of the New Testament meditatively, he will find it very easy that the emphasis of the Scriptures is not mere happiness, but it emphasis 'holiness' as its boundary. God is more concerned about the 'heart' of people and it's not much important for Him about the state of their feelings.

The one, who is obedient and fulfills the will of God will undoubtedly be in complete happiness. However, for him it is not the matter of "how much happy he is" but "how much holy he is" matters!

It is very foolishness to live without holiness and at the same time seeking happiness!

The effort to know God's will and then to accomplish it, is the best! How much to be happy? Leaving this matter to the decision of Christ is an superior life!

Prayer:

Our Loving Father! 'Sin' seeks happiness in our fallen flesh! Help us to have the primary desire to live a holy life and to do the will of the Father! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Author:

 Brother Zac Poonen

Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book".

From:-

https://t.me/hisvoicetoday