Inspirational: FORGET YOUR TROUBLES, COME ON GET HAPPY

Daily Inspirational Encouragement

FORGET YOUR TROUBLES, COME ON GET HAPPY

By: Linda Kirby/WGON

Judy Garland sang a song with the first lines saying, “Forget your troubles, come on, get happy ...” Judy didn’t know that she was giving biblical truths there. We all want to be happy, but sometimes trying to find happiness can be a struggle. Oftentimes we search for it in all the wrong places, and in all the wrong ways, when the answer is much simpler – God. "Happy are the people whose God is the LORD" (Psalm 144:15). Scripture guides us to true happiness through knowing the promises in God's Word! Shallow pleasures come and go, but God is permanent. He fills that void in your heart that some have called a God-shaped hole. Once we have God in our hearts, as the song says, we “forget our troubles and get happy.” We forget our troubles because we know God will take care of them for us. Now, there’s reason to get happy; we don’t have to stress over those troubles any longer. Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." FORGET YOUR TROUBLES, COME ON GET HAPPY!