Happiness is Not the Point of the Christian Life

[Garland-Green]

Veronica Neffinger | Editor, ChristianHeadlines.com | Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Our whole culture seems to be focused on achieving happiness. We are constantly being told, whether explicitly or implicitly, that we need this product or that new thing in our lives to be happy. And while most of us likely realize that material things do not offer lasting happiness, we still tend to translate the idol of happiness into our Christian lives.

It’s even tempting to use the promise of happiness as a reason why others should become Christians.

It’s so easy to forget that Jesus never promised His followers happiness. This is what Allison Barron addresses in her article for Boundless.org titled “Debunking the Myth of Happiness.”

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[Lady Vizsla]

I think it depends how one looks at it. One can find happiness and contentment despite persecution or hardship if one has the hope of Christ. Our goal shouldn't be to find happiness but to serve God, and in that pure occupation, we may find our purpose and therefore, happiness.