We all have a deep, innate desire for happiness. Our right to happiness was among the top priorities of the framers of our nation’s Declaration of Independence. But if we pursue
happiness solely in this world, then we must deal with the fact that the world that offers solutions to our happiness is the same world that creates for us heartache. If we are going
to find true happiness, we must look to something that transcends this world.

God exalts the humble and humiliates the proud. He calls the first the last and the last first. He ascribes greatness to the servant and sends the rich away empty-handed. The culture of the world is at odds with the counter-culture of Christ. John Stott says, “Jesus congratulates those whom the world most pities, and calls the world’s rejects, ‘blessed’.”
Such is the character of the Christian who through Christ pursues real life, liberty, and happiness.