2007-10-21 10:24:18 · 18 answers · asked by bethy4jesus 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No not necessarily, Satan hates what is good. Those who are saved get attacked, Satan tries to steal their joy, when this happens praise GOD without complaints.
The unsaved also do good things, yet when they are attacked they accuse GOD, and do not realize that HE is their weapon against evil.
Before I knew the LORD, I was miserable and tormented by evil spirits that use to follow us from home to home. Yet I did not know what they were.
When I came to know the LORD and I learned of HIS love and Power, I started to pray and study more. I learned that these spirits of evil attack the unsaved as well as the saved.
The unsaved just don't know from where or why they suffer so. The saved can see the evil coming and if they are right in the LORD they can stop the trouble before it gets to their door.
2007-10-21 23:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by Cheryl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, sometimes doing the right thing is very hard on a person. One should always do what is right and if they live that way they will be happy more times than not but don't let anyone kid you. Doing the right thing can be very, very difficult and bring you a lot of short therm heartache.
Ultimately, you will be far better off.
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2007-10-22 08:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the right thing ? Whatever is the right thing for one person might not be the right thing for the other. For me the right thing is always God's will and when I am in His will , there is fullness of joy. Understand that happyness is always about something that is happening, so if something good happens, then I am happy and then something bad happens and I am unhappy. Joy is always present , because it comes from God and nobody can take it from us.
2007-10-21 17:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. Jesus did the right thing when He died for us --- was He happy while He was experiencing that pain? The old phrase 'no good deed goes unpunished' has a lot of merit to it. I mean ask the Christians in countries who are in prison for their faith if they are 'happy'. Joyful in the Lord? Probably. But happy? Happiness is related to circumstances and the circumstances of being imprisoned, beaten, starved are not happy ones.
That said, I do think that the wisdom of God's Word does *typically* bring happiness more than sorrow --- for example, if you follow God's Word and obey 'neither a borrower nor a lender be', you'll be happier than if you're 30k in credit card debt. If you follow His Wisdom and stay true to your spouse, you'll be happier than if you had strayed.
Still, God's Word has a lot to say about the persecution of His saints, and I think that often we are more persecuted the more godly we are, though again, this partially has to do with how much freedom the place we are living allows. Jesus was 'despised, rejected, the Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief'. While He was overflowing with joy, He wasn't always happy.
2007-10-21 17:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by KL 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you do the right thing, depending on what it is you have done, could bring hardship or difficulty, or the opposite, it could bring much happiness. However, happiness and joy are two different things, and as long as you have done the right thing, then you can be pleased that the Lord is pleased, which will give you joy.
2007-10-21 17:38:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well... doing the right thing may cause hurt or consequences to someone else. So, no, it isn't always a matter of being happy, but a matter of being able to live with one's own conscience.
2007-10-21 17:29:29 · answer #6 · answered by milomax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person is living it then yes.
"Always" though is an "absolute".
Just say most of the time.
Allowing for normal human reactions to events no one should be held to a level of super-human.
If we are doing right and are forgiving of others fallibility (humanity) this is a reflection of thinking.
If our thoughts and our actions are aligned with God then we will know the security and joy in truly being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Even at the very end, after torture and impending death Jesus recognized and loved those he gave his very life for when he stated; "Forgive them, for they do not know what they do." This he gladly did for us.
2007-10-21 17:29:19 · answer #7 · answered by cordsoforion 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Sometimes the "right thing" is sitting with the nerdy kid who is sitting all alone at lunch, and sometimes the "right thing" is giving 10% of your earnings to the church, which might mean than you won't be able to buy your 24-pack of Mountain Dew this week. The "right thing" is usually never easy. You have to use your own judement and accept the consequences for your actions
2007-10-21 17:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by Bekah 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think inner peace is more like it, and sometimes supernatural joy. I can't imagine Jesus having been "happy" as his flesh was being ripped to pieces, and then to hang on the Cross with the sins of all men. I don't think He could have been any further than He was from being happy.
God bless.
2007-10-21 17:34:47 · answer #9 · answered by Jedidiah 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you do the "right thing" according to your belief, you will still find that you have challenges. Because challenges keep us growing, and learning and improving. However, I bet you anything that people who do the "right thing" according to the laws of love, understanding, forgiviness, etc. are much happier people than those that judge, fear and hate.
2007-10-21 17:30:57 · answer #10 · answered by Maureen S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋