AUGUST 19
COME, FOR
HAPPINESS.
Let
not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1
All desire
happiness, but few really enjoy it.
Nature cannot find it.
Effort cannot produce it.
Wealth cannot buy it.
Wisdom cannot discover it.
The thirst for
happiness is in men's nature.
The gift of it is by Christ alone.
Jesus offers to make us happy.
He asks us to
let him make us happy.
He will take
from us all that troubles us, and
give to us all that is needed by us.
He offers to
take . . .
our guilt, and pardon it;
our cares, and provide all for us;
our various concerns, and
overrule all for our good.
He is ready to
take us just as we are, and
make us everything we ought to be,
everything he wishes us to be.
If we have no guilt, to torment us;
no cares to harass us,
no anxieties to pain us,
if the present is provided for, and
the future left entirely to
his wisdom,
his wealth, and
his love,
should we not be happy?
This is just
what Jesus wishes.
He would not
have us trouble our hearts,
or grieve our spirits,
or perplex our minds about anything that occurs.
But he would
have us,
cast every care on him,
leave the management of all our concerns to him,
and expect every necessary good thing from him.
Therefore he said,
Take no thought for your life,
what shall we eat? or,
what shall we drink?
ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1
Nature cannot find it.
Effort cannot produce it.
Wealth cannot buy it.
Wisdom cannot discover it.
The gift of it is by Christ alone.
Jesus offers to make us happy.
give to us all that is needed by us.
our guilt, and pardon it;
our cares, and provide all for us;
our various concerns, and
overrule all for our good.
make us everything we ought to be,
everything he wishes us to be.
no cares to harass us,
no anxieties to pain us,
if the present is provided for, and
the future left entirely to
his wisdom,
his wealth, and
his love,
should we not be happy?
or grieve our spirits,
or perplex our minds about anything that occurs.
cast every care on him,
leave the management of all our concerns to him,
and expect every necessary good thing from him.
Take no thought for your life,
what shall we eat? or,
what shall we drink?
nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on.
Your heavenly Father knows that ye have
Your heavenly Father knows that ye have
need of all these things.
This is
happiness, to have one to love us,
one to care for us,
one to provide for us,
one who is at once wise,
wealthy, kind, and powerful!
Do you wish to
be happy?
Come to Jesus,
and ask him to make you so,
by removing all that disturbs your peace,
distracts your mind, and agitates your spirit.
He will do it
and fill you with peace and joy.
Take
therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34
one to care for us,
one to provide for us,
one who is at once wise,
wealthy, kind, and powerful!
by removing all that disturbs your peace,
distracts your mind, and agitates your spirit.
for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34
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