Happiness and Holiness

Sometimes, though, we take the search for earthly happiness too far. We see it as the most important pursuit, and even believe that our happiness is God’s highest goal for us. That’s when our thinking gets confused.

In all I think and say and do,
I long, O God, to honor You;
But may my highest motive be
To love the Christ who died for me.
There is no true happiness apart from holiness
And no holiness apart from Christ.