Never Charged

June 28

What would it take to make you happy? What turn of events could stamp a smile of joy indelibly onto your face? Perhaps it would require that you meet the ‘right’ person, the one who would fill the void in your life and bask with you in the light of all your joys and help shoulder the weight of all your burdens.

Perhaps it would be attaining professional recognition…climbing the corporate ladder to its pinnacle and from there having the ability to receive the acclaim of all your associates and the resources to realize all the dreams that money and power can afford to you.

It could be that you want nothing more than the resources to pay the monthly installments on a new car and to afford the mortgage on a nice, four-bedroom, three-bath home in which to raise your family. Of course, this dream would include a yearly vacation to a lovely destination and dinner out now and then.

But if you look at life from the perspective of the Lord, your perception of happiness, whatever it is, will not be without the element that is relevant to the spiritual aspect of your life. As Romans 4:7, 8 tells us, “Happy are those whose lawless acts are forgiven…those whom the Lord will never charge with sin!”