TODAY’S TURNING POINT WITH DR. DAVID JEREMIAH DAILY DEVOTIONAL 3RD FEBRUARY 2025 MESSAGE
Read David Jeremiah Daily Devotional 3rd February 2025, Monday Turning Point Devotional Message
TOPIC: God Wants You Happy!
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Psalm 84:12
Recommended Reading: Psalm 84:5-12
A cynic once defined Christians as people who live in fear of someone, somewhere, being happy. That is, the cynic had the impression that God wants to make life burdensome and difficult. A person who believes that has never read the Bible. Thirteen times in the Old Testament we find the phrase, “Blessed is the man who.”
What does blessed mean in Scripture? In modern English translations it is often translated as “happy” or “joyful.” In other words, God wants us to be happy and joyful in life and gives us instructions on how to achieve that goal. We are blessed when we walk in God’s ways (Psalm 1:1), when we trust in God (Psalm 84:12), when our sins are forgiven (Psalm 32:2), when we dwell in God’s presence (Psalm 65:4), when we rely on God’s strength (Psalm 84:5), and more. God would not have provided ways for us to be happy and joyful if He did not intend for us to be so.
Meditate on these and other verses which promise blessedness. It is there for the receiving for all who seek it God’s way.
Seek for happiness and you will never find it. Seek righteousness and you will discover you are happy.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
READ-THRU-THE-BIBLE: Leviticus 19-21
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