Galatians 5:22:
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control;
I Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain,
It Is rooted in God's Design for mankind and the fruit of the Holy Spirit; if you are not pursuing Him for happiness all other pursuits are inferior pursuits rooted in the sin cursed nature for its design of happiness is temporal and fleeting and rooted in discontentment and does not have the ultimate purpose of God, for Happiness, but rather an inferior fallen expression of happiness.
If you do not have the Holy Spirit, you do not have the Son and a relationship with God the Father; if you are not pursuing Your Union with God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, then your pursuit for the ultimate fulfillment for Happiness in life will never be reached, achieved or found.
People can pursue riches to fulfill all their needs in life, and have everything that they want in life, and still not be happy, for they are constantly ever wanting more and more and are never satisfied, for from the writing of King Solomon, he penned that very truth of mankind,
"All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing" Ecclesiastes 1:8.
A person who is not made alive by the Holy Spirit will pursue Happiness, but their pursuits are not after God, and that Godless pursuit in life will never fulfill true happiness for them.
For even in the Westminster Shorter Chatecism, the question and answer is clearly seen for man's chief End, " What is the chief end of man?
A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Indeed, Augustine of Hyppo pursued many pursuits until he found his true meaning in life of resting his restless heart in God.Behind "Augustine are a succession of desperate searches for fulfillment: excessive pleasures, false religions, philosophy, dissipation and distractions—futilities that left him so weary of himself he could only cry out, “How long, O Lord, how long?” At the very moment when he uttered that cry, circumstances led his eyes to a passage in Romans that showed him he could be freed from sin. Shortly afterward, he was baptized. " Dan Graves
Augustine realized In spite of sin, each feels the longing to reach out to his Creator. Why is this? He realizes it is the doing of God. “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless, until they can find rest in you.”
"You have made us for yourself and Our hearts are restless, until they can find rest in you.” Augustine of Hippo (354–430), in Confessions.
"However, "happiness" is a byproduct of its origin, God. If happiness were an abstract thing, then one could claim and define it as it one sees fit. But if happiness has a source (specifically, if it emanates from God), then pursuing it must involve pursuing Him.
"This means that whatever our wounds are, the cure lies in obedience to Christ. Happiness and contentment are spiritual qualities that must be traced to His Spirit, for they flow from (and culminate in) Him"
Are you truly Happy today, have you rested your restless heart in God, for true fulfillment and chief end in your life to glorify God through His only Begotten Son?
There is no happiness in life, like a .heart forgiven, cleansed, restored, renewed and made alive by the Holy Spirit through the Blood of Jesus Christ, such a heart is seen evidenced in Joy and Spiritual happiness in life, for it is a heart resting in God to glorify God in life.
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