By Linda Nuss - Source: domain-b
Voices of faith: Shouldn't I be happy if I try to live spiritually? EMPHASIZE GIVING Pastor Raymond Davis Jr., Greater Corinthian Church of the Christ, Kansas City, Mo.: Happiness is a value achievable through pursuance of the spiritual mind. To be happy is a life lived with a vital trust in the Lord - "Happy is he who puts his trust in the Lord" (Proverbs 16:20). Much of our thinking about being happy is largely dependent upon material possessions and things in general. Such circumstances of thoughts and accomplishments of livelihood are not in any way opposed by God. God is never against prosperity and progressing. However, receiving is not the spiritual life. It's not what we receive from God or others that translates into the spiritual life. It's what God and others receive from us that defines the spiritual life. It's the giving factor in life that is most spiritual and blessed. It's not everybody who can reach the point of being happy through practice of the spiritual principle of giving, but there are those who can and who are happy. The Bible places a distinct emphasis on the circumstance of giving for spiritual living. "Give and it shall be given unto you, for whatever measure you deal out to others will be dealt to you in return" (Luke 6:38). "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). The biblical account of Jacob's dream-ladder experience inspired him to commit to the spiritual life of giving (Genesis 28:10-22). LOOK INSIDE FOR ANSWER...............Read more Namaste!
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