True Happiness — Part 2
“Believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable”
(1 Peter 1:8).
To always appear sad and forlorn is not commending the gospel to the unsaved around us. It is the gospel, or the glad tidings, of God concerning His Son, that we are called upon to make known, both by word and action. It is good news to the weary sinner. As we are feeding, in our own souls, upon the love of God, the beauties and glories of Christ, and the wonderful blessings we have, our faces will not look sad, but a deep peace, and calm joy will possess us, and our countenance will show that which will be to His glory.
Then too, we will not be self-occupied but think of the good and needs of others — visiting the sick and poor; inquiring into their needs and serving them; seeking out the lonely and depressed, and telling them of the comfort of Christ, and show true sympathy for others, which the Lord so delights in and so deeply proved when He was here upon earth.
Those who are most like Christ in these things do more to commend the gospel than all who speak of it while acting as if there was no happiness connected with knowing Christ.
