Doesn’t God want me happy?

If you have been around the church for any length of time, then you know first-hand that one of the temptations we all face is to believe the false teaching that says that you should always be healthy (speak to that sickness and it will go away!), that financial blessing equals God’s favor, that you are somehow supernaturally protected from life’s tragedies, and so on. It just seems logical that God wants me happy, right? In fact, doesn’t Romans 8:31-32 say, “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?” While it’s true that God desires good things for us, we need to be careful how we define “all things” in Romans 8:32.

I want to challenge you to read ALL of Romans 8 and then watch this video.