Join Me in Studying Psalm 1

May 11, 2021May 5, 2021

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There is no lack of advertisements today about how to be happy and successful in life.

Usually these advertisements are filled with promises that you can set your own hours – just a few hours a week, go on fancy cruises, drive luxury cars, and are usually accompanied by a tanned couple wearing RayBans standing in front of a big yacht (that they presumably bought while working at home for only a few hours a week).

I think we all know that these ads filled with empty promises.

But not only that, I think we’ve had enough of an inside view into celebrity life to know that very often success doen’t equal happiness.

In fact, I’d venture to say that success rarely equals happiness.

Success by society’s standards most often demands us to work a lot more than a few hours a week. In fact, it usually requires us to work more than the minimum of a 40-hour week – at the expense of family, friends, and even church.

If we’re willing to put in the time and sweat equity, we will have success.

But will we have happiness? Will we have fulfillment?

So far that’s not what’s been proven. Tycoons and socialites are some of the most unhappy and unfulfilled people on earth. They have everything: money, fame, position, and power; and yet they have a long string of broken marriages and broken relationships behind them.

Celebrities are notoriously unhappy and so often substance abuse addicts.

So, how do you achieve both success and happiness?

Well, Psalm 1 tells us how.