She asked, "Why is it that sometimes, everything seems to be going great. But something is just nagging at you, preventing you from being happy. Why is that?What IS happyness? Is it the feeling you get when u're drunk? Is it always temporary? How do i find true happyness? Tell me."
John Piper answered, "Get wisdom!"
"Finally, there is one last, absolutely essential thing to do if you would "get wisdom": you must come to Jesus.Jesus said to the people of his day, "The queen of the south will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold something greater than Solomon is here" (Matthew 12:42). What an understatement.
Greater than Solomon indeed! Solomon spoke God's wisdom. Jesus is the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24, 30). Others had spoken truth; he is the truth. Others had pointed the way to life; he is the way and the life (John 14:6). Others had given promises, but "all the promises of God find their yes in him" (2 Corinthians 1:20). Others had offered God's forgiveness; Jesus bought it by his death.
Therefore, in him are "hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3). To know and love and follow this Jesus is to own the treasure of ultimate and eternal happiness. Therefore, the command, "Get wisdom," means first and foremost "Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus!" in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom."
Choon Wei sings (beware: Kindergarden Song),
"I got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart.
Where? Down in my heart.
Where? Down in my heart.
I got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart. Today
For I am so happy, so very happy,
I am so happy because Jesus is in my heart. (2x)"
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