We all want happiness

{11:6} But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6

 
Faith is what pleases God
Happiness comes when we walk in faith
So why do we have such a hard time with faith?


I know how it comes
By hearing, and hearing by the word
And the word comes by the testimony of two or three witnesses


So why is it so hard?
Why the struggle?
When I fell in love it all seemed so easy
So natural, like falling off a log


I feel like one of those lumberjacks in a log rolling contest
I'm on this log floating in the water
I have to keep my feet moving to keep from falling off
So I keep searching for the answers
I spin it forward, then backward
I'm working hard to keep my balance
But now I'm tired and I'm really not happy


So I finally just stop searching for the answers
Soon enough I just fall off and slip into the water
Cold reality hits me
I come to the surface
Now instead of searching for the answer
I'm searching for the hand that will pull me out of the water


Is that how love is?
Is that what faith is really about?


I suppose sometimes we have to just get tired of fighting
that log and just fall in
Then instead of searching for an answer we seek Him
I suppose it's just too simple for us
Our happiness comes when we simply seek Him


No wonder Solomon saw happiness as chasing after the wind
You can't catch it but
if you will turn your face to it you will feel it
So instead of pursuing happiness
I will just fall off the log
God will bring it