3 Things To Be Happy

A short note on how to be happy.

A psychiatrist who’s been listening to thousands of unhappy patients for 40
years realized that there are three things to be happy. If you have these three things,
it’ll be very difficult to be miserable!
          Do you have these three things?
1. Something to do
2. Someone to love
3. Something to look forward to
Why did I mention these three things to you?
Here’s my message: I believe that if you make God first, all things will be
added unto you (Matthew 6:33).  Including these three things!

1. Something To Do
My mother is 85-years old and she’s happy. Why? Because when she wakes
up each morning, she has something to do. Everyday, she goes to the prayer room
and prays for me. If she has extra time, she prays for her other children.
Just kidding. She prays for everyone—every son-in-law, every grandchild,
every cousin, every friend who needs prayer. That’s her call. And she’s happy.
One of the most precious things that God gives you is a call.
You were born with a sacred purpose in life.
Do you know why the entertainment industry is huge? Do you know why a
single video game can earn $30 Million? Because people are bored. They don’t
have anything to do. And that’s why people are miserable. And because people
can’t take the misery, they thirst for distraction.   And so they buy entertainment.
Why are people bored? Because they don’t have a cause to die for, a mission
to dedicate their lives.
Here’s the good news: If you seek God first, He’ll give you something to
do. You’ll wake up every morning with a cause you’ll be willing to die for.
I pity the person without a God-ordained dream, with a powerful Divine Call
summoning his heart.
       Listen to God’s voice in the depths of your being.
       I created you for a beautiful purpose.
       Live for this purpose. Die for this purpose.

2. Someone To Love
 
If you seek God first, you’ll have a lot of Someones to love!
Christianity isn’t a religion as much as it is a relationship. It’s primarily a
personal relationship with God. He’s the first “Someone” to love.
And it’s also a relationship with a spiritual family.
If you follow God, you’ll never be alone again.
A woman came up to me yesterday. She said, “Bo, ever since I’ve attended
the Feast (our weekly gathering), my life has totally changed. And my
relationships have changed. My marriage is so much better. My relationship with
my kids has grown so much because of the Feast.”
Give yourself to God and He’ll give you His family. Both come in a
package!
       And finally…

3. Something To Look Forward To

When a person doesn’t have hope, he dies.
If you seek God first, He’ll give you a vision for your future.
Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life and have it in
abundance.”   I look forward to a life of abundance—in this world and in the world
to come.
Last week, we were relaxing at home when my little Francis said, “I want to
watch Shreck again.”
       If you’ve got little kids at home, I’m sure you know this movie. Shreck is
about an Ogre and his sidekick Donkey. Both of them rescues Princess Fiona
locked up in a tower, guarded by a fiery red Dragon.
       The movie has done so well, they’ve come out with a Shrek 2, Shrek 3, and
Shrek 4. And we’ve watched all of them.
       But yesterday, we put Shrek 1 in the DVD player and had fun fun watching the
entire movie again. 
But because I knew how the movie ends, I watched it in a different
way. When the fiery red Dragon was about to eat the Donkey, I had a smile of my
face. Because I knew that at the end of the movie, Donkey will marry the
Dragon. (As crazy as that may sound!) In fact, in Shrek 2, they’ll have 4 kids.
       It’s very different if you know how the story ends.
       Thanks to Easter, we know how your story ends.
You may be going through rough times now. You may be going through
severe trials. Sometimes, you wonder if you can overcome your problems.
Don’t give up!
Because you know that at the end of the day, you’re going to win. Because
God is with you. The Bible says, If God is for you, who can be against you?
In fact, even death can’t win over you.
Like Jesus, you too will rise.
Death will be conquered. 
And you will live forever.
Yes, we have something to look forward to!
 

       Happy Easter, my dear friend!

 

       May your dreams come true,

 

       Bo Sanchez