4 MARKS OF THE GENUINELY – “HAPPY!”
“Blessed”-( Psalm 1:1-3) -“oh the happiness’s” is how it can be translated. It is plural .. The Word “Blessed” (Esher) related to the verb ‘ashar = to go or be straight, to go on, to advance, to be right – it speaks of the person who is right with God and whom He bestows His favor upon . It speaks of THE STATE of “happiness, contentment…satisfied,” is the one who is in the right and straight with God. It conveys the idea of deep contentedness , that circumstances cannot alter. Oh the multiple happiness’s, the bundles of it, the mountains of delight…satisfied, is this one. It is plural “happiness’s” and is emphatic – This one is happy! “Oh the HAPPINESS’S” is what it means and can be translated.
The verses below all contain the Hebrew word that speaks of the plurality of “Happiness’s.”
THE HAPPY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY…
- – “HAPPY and CONTENT”…are the DISCERNING AND DELIGHTING
“Oh the Happiness. Are those who do not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit with scoffers, BUT his Delight is in the Law of the Lord and in it mediates both day and night”-{Psalm 1:1-2}
- HAPPY and CONTENT …ARE THE FORGIVEN;
“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!
How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit!” -(Psalm 32:1-2)
- “HAPPY, and CONTENT”…ARE THOSE WHOSE OBJECT OF FAITH IS- THE LORD!
“How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood” –
-(Psalm 40:4-5)
- “HAPPY and CONTENT…” ARE THE HELPERS!
“How BLESSED is he who considers {Helps} the poor (helpless)…” -{Psalm 41:1-3}.
“OH THE HAPPINESS’S …”of Those who Receive and Do His Word!
HOW TO BE GENUINELY – UNHAPPY?
- Do the OPPOSITE to the above four passages will guarantee discontentment, dissatisfaction, and a state of unhappiness! Such as…
- Those who are not right with God following His Word are not happy
- Those who Do walk and BELIEVE the the advice from the ungodly, BEHAVE like sinners and BELONG to the mockers- Are NOT Happy!
- Those whose Sins are NOT Forgiven, but master them… Are Not Happy
- Those who Are NOT Trusting the LORD AND HAVE SUBSTITUTED Him for another… Are NOT Happy
- Those who Do NOT Help the Poor for His SAKE,…Are NOT HAPPY!
- OH THE UNHAPPINESS… The internal misery, dissatisfaction, discontentment, of those who Hear His Word but Reject Him and It! They were created for Him and His glory – {Read Isaiah 43:7}, but reject Him and as a result they have no INTERNAL contentment, satisfaction, happiness’s for they are not following the LORD and His prescription..
Hear His Word, Do His Word and experience His Blessings
BE HAPPY – 🙂