You go to school for the opportunity of a great life. You set the alarm and go to work so that you might have a chance at a great life. To help you build the great life, here are four rules for a great life. Ignore them and you will never find the great life.
1. You have to have someone to love.
When God created the world, after each act He said, “It is good.” The first thing he ever said was not good was, “it is not good for man to be alone.” When He said this there was only Adam. Adam needed Eve and in time the two of them needed their children and their friends. They all needed God. We were not made to be alone. We all need someone to love and need someone to love us.
2. You have to have something to do.
Work was not the curse for man’s disobedience. Before Adam sinned he was working. He tended the Garden of Eden and did the work of naming all the animals. We were made to do work. Find your work and you will find one step toward a great life.
3. You have to have something to believe in.
James says a man who does not know what he believes is “doubled minded” and then adds, “A double-minded man, unstable in all he does. (James 1:8). It ought to be obvious that an unstable person, one who does not know what to believe cannot be happy and successful.
4. You have to have something to look forward to.
I once heard someone say, “I’m shopping on the internet so I will have something to look forward to.” Even if you are waiting for an order you are looking forward to something, but there are bigger things to dream about and anticipate. Is it a vacation, a new job, or even a dinner out? To find joy one has to look forward to something. The ultimate thing to look forward to is heaven and our eternity with God. Jesus said, “In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.” That is something worth looking forward to. That is something that will bring you joy!
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