I Said That There Is No Happiness
Outside Of The Lord Jesus Christ
And
He Said: "Bite Your Tongue!"
And Ever Since Then
He's Been Walking About Like That!
Who Are You Guys Talking About!?!
Asher!
What's Wrong With Him!?!
Why Don't You Ask Him And Find Out For Yourself!?!
Okay!
Heyyyy, Asher!
How Are You Doing!?!
I'm Happy!
I Used To Be Happy!
I Thought I Was Happy!
I'm Not Happy!
When Will I Be Happy!?!
Where Is Happy!?!
Are You Happy!?!
Who Is Happy!?!
You Can't Buy Happy!
I Thought I Cornered The Market On Happy ...!
... Ooookay, Asher!
That's Good To Know ... Hear!
Merciful Powers!
What Happened To Asher!?!
He Sounds Like He Lost Mind!
Oh, No!
He's Still There!
It's Just That He Is Finally Realizing That
Being "Happy" With Things Is ...!
... Temporal And Temporary!?!
Well, Yes!
May I Assume That You Attended This Rodeo Before!?!
Oooh, Yes!
And It Was A Doozy
And I Got Thrown From My Horse
And I Got Gored By That Wild Bull Called Sin
And I Got A Deep Dip In A Bath Of Rotten Tomatoes Called Self
And At The End Of It All
I Came To The Realization
The Very Painful Realization That
Being Carnally, Temporally, Happy
Aka Happy Without My Jesus Being The Point Of My Life
My Living
My Living My Life
My Life Being Made Worth Living
My Loving
Then I Would Never Be Permanently Happy!
That's Bible, Brother!
Asher Is Feeling Pain ... Now
But
He Should Be Glad
Because
When We Live In Godly Fear
We Have Nothing To Be Afraid Of
Even If We Have No Home, No Family
No Money, No Food
No Friends ... No Earthly Hope!
Asher!?!
You Listening!?!
Yes!
I'm Hearing You!
I Know You Are Hearing: You're Not Deaf!
I Want To Know If You're Actively Listening
Aka Internalizing What You're Hearing!?!
I Don't Want To ... But I Am!
Good! Good!
That's Very Good!
What Else You Got!?!
I'm Convicted!
I'm Chewing!
Now Convince Me!
Show Me Light!
I Need Something To Swallow!
I Need Something To Permanently Satisfy My Soul!
I Am Hungry!
I Need Meat On These Dry Bones!
Oh, My!
He's Been Really Listening!
Didn't I Tell You That He Was Still In There!?!
Yes, Indeed, You Did!
Well, Brethren
We All Heard Him!
He Has Asked For Meat!
Jesus Christ Is A Plate Of Good Food!
You, Man
Must Spear A Morsel With Your Fork!
The Holy Spirit
The Cleaver Of Truth
Cuts A Bite-Size Piece For Your Chewing
And You, Man
Must Raise Your Fork To Your Mouth
If ... When
You Truly Desire Good Eats!
Asher, This One's For You:
Asher!?!
You're Crying!
No, I'm Not!
My Eyeballs Are Just Sweating!
Okay! If You Say So!
Can You Tell Us Why Your Eyeballs Are Sweating!?!
Do You Know What My Name Means!?!
Of Course, We Do!
Everybody Knows Your Name Means Happy!
Happy! That's Me!
Do I Look Happy!?!
I Must Be Happy ...!
... In Christ Jesus!
Yes! Yes!
I Finally Get It!
Jesus Christ Must Be First, Last And Always!
Jesus Christ In Our Lives
Is
For The Best!
Take A Listen, Again, To The First And Last Verses Of The Text:
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Wisdom Comes From The Lord God Almighty ... Alone!
All Who Look For Jesus Christ
- Who Is Now Calling To Man -
Shall Find Him
And
Wisdom
And
Shall Gain The Understanding
To Strive For Heavenly Things Which Are Eternal!
You Need To Let Your Striving
For The Things Of This Earth Cease
Because
The Lord Has Promised Us An Eternal Home
A New Name
A Crown Of Life
Water From The River Of Water Of Life
Fruit From The Tree Of Life
And
A Life Ever Close To Him Who Is Life!
Earthly Riches
- Be They Silver, Gold, Toys, Houses Or Land -
Will All Burn!
We All Need To Buy The Free Clue
To Rightly Adjust Our Stinking Thinking:
The Streets Of The Beloved City
- The Beautiful City -
New Jerusalem
Are All Paved With Imperishable Gold
And
The Foundations Of The City Are Precious Stones And...!
... Don't Forget That
The Twelve Gates Of The City
Are Each A Single Pearl!
Not To Be Mercenary Or Any Such Thing
But Put Like That
I Know For Sure That I Need To Live For Jesus Christ!
Brother,
We All Started With The Mercenary Bit
But
We Love Our Lord Jesus
Because
He First Loved Us
And
Everything He Has Promised
The Things We Can Touch, Taste, Feel, See, Smell
Are All Bonus!
We Desire His Life!
His Character!
We Desire Him
And
We Desire His Heart To Delight
Because
He Brings Us Joy
Aka He Is Our Happy...ness
Our Happiness!
Jesus Christ Is Our Joy
And
He Will Bring You Joy ... Happiness
If You Will Let Him!
Brothers, Believe Me!
From Here On In
I Am Going To Let Him!
My Way Has Not Worked
Soooo, Having Nothing To Lose
I Am, Indeed, Going To Try
The Jesus Way!
AMEN!!!