Many people believe that a Christian is one who goes through life hanging his head, heaving sighs, drawing a long face, and looking very sanctimonious. This is one of the biggest and most widely believed lies of the devil.
Real, lasting happiness is for every believer. “Gloomy!” What is there in the gospel calculated to make one gloomy? Does it make one “gloomy” to know that all his sins are forgiven? Will it make one “gloomy” to be assured that he is going to spend eternity with the Lord Jesus in glory? Will the condemned criminal who has received a full pardon feel sad?
The only one who has a right to be happy is the Christian—he and he alone being delivered from the bondage of sin, death and judgment. The writer of the Psalms says, Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.