DON’T
MULTIPLY YOUR SORROWS; SEEK GOD!
“Their
Sorrows shall be multiplied (they) that hasten after another god...in thy presence
is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore” – Psalm
16:4, 11 (KJV).
Life and happiness, it is said, are
the chief desires of humankind. Every human being thus endeavours to secure his
or her life and strives to enjoy it by whatever means possible. Many people, as
a result, crave for riches, better education, better job, a dream marriage, pleasures
of life, sports, power, and prestige to secure happiness. Such people therefore
invest almost all their time and resources daily into these mundane things only
to discover again and again that happiness that result from these things are short-lived.
Sadly, these mundane things rather multiply the sorrows of those who wrongly
seek and crave for them. We wrongfully seek happiness if we seek it outside a
relationship with Jesus and our eternal salvation.
A god is anything we prioritise over
God’s call to all persons to seek first His kingdom and righteousness through
Jesus. It is called obosom among the
Akans in Ghana. “Obo” (heart) and “som” (value), in a sense, means something a person values at heart and loyally seeks
to worship (spend time with) it for protection, provisions of life and
happiness. Today, people prioritise sports, education, jobs, power, marriage
and the crave for riches over and above their eternal salvation, relationship with
Jesus, and their God-given assignments.
However, true happiness (joy) and
pleasure are God-given and eternal. They are not products of human efforts or
ingenuity; they are of God! “The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and
he adds no sorrow with it” – (Proverbs 22:10 (NLT)). This means that God’s
blessings are rich in joy and pleasures and are devoid of sorrow. God showers
His blessings on persons who seek first His kingdom and righteousness (Matthew
6:25-34) in whatever they do. Such persons thus make God and His kingdom the
basis for whatever they do or seek - education, work, marriage and so forth. God,
therefore, takes delight in such persons and satisfy them holistically, both in
this life and life after death. Conversely, real happiness and pleasure elude people
who forsake God; they multiply their sorrows in this life and in hell!
Richard
Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom
Blog:
www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com
Email:
richardobengmensah@gmail.com
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