Three Needs

Read: 1 John 4:7-21

We have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. --- 1 John 4:16

The Bible In One Year:
Zechariah 9-12
Revelation 20

I've heard it said that there are three things a person needs to be happy:

1. Something to do --- meaningful work or helping others.

2. Someone to love --- someone to whom we can give of ourselves, such as a spouse, a child, or a friend.

3. Something to look forward to --- a vacation, a visit from a loved one, improved health, the realization of a dream.

Those things may bring some temporary happiness. But for lasting fulfillment, they can all be found in a relationship with Jesus, God's Son.

Something to do. As believers, we have been given gifts from the Holy Spirit to serve our Savior by serving others in God's family [Romans 12:1-16]. We are also called to spread the gospel around the world [Matthew 28:19-20].

Someone to love. We love God because He first loved us [1 John 4:19]. And we love others, "for love is of God" [v.7].

Something to look forward to. One day we'll be welcomed into God's presence forever, where we will enjoy a perfect place prepared especially for us [John 14:2-3; Revelation 21:3-4]. We'll see Jesus and be like Him [1 John 3:2].

For lasting fulfillment, Jesus Christ truly is everything we need. --- Anne Cetas

Please help me, Lord, in everything I do
That all my work may show my love for You;
And as I talk with others on the way,
I'll tell them that You may come back today. --- Hess

WHERE THERE'S HOPE, THERE'S HAPPINESS.