Four Rules for a Great Life

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. These things are wonderful, but there are also four rules which are necessary for a great and happy life.

Four Rules for a Great Life

1. You Need Someone to Love.

When God created the world, after each act He said, “It is good.” The first thing he ever identified “as 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 Need Something to Do.

Work was not a 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.

3. You Need 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, is 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 Need 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!

~Lonnie Davis