THE people in our picture seem very happy. The children as well as the older ones look well prepared too, for their travels on the ice. What a good time they seem to be having! But I wonder if they are among the number who have a right to be happy? It is only as the love of Jesus is in our hearts that we really have the right to be happy. The unsaved one does not know where he may be the very next hour. God's Word says,
"Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
An eternity away from Jesus is the saddest thing that we can think of. How different it is with a saved person! He can be truly happy under any circumstances. Should death suddenly overtake such a one, it is "to, be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2 Cor. 5:88We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8).
Now the question for you to answer is, do you really have the right to be happy? Satan sometimes makes people seem to be happy, who, away down in their hearts, are really not. Make sure that he is not deceiving you by giving you good times and other things to make you think you are happy. To know Jesus as your own Saviour and Lord, can alone satisfy your heart.
Messages of God’s Love 11/28/1926