The pursuit of happiness.  How is your pursuit going?  How many times have you said, "I could have ..." or "I should have ..."?    C.S. Lewis once wrote:

“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”

How often have you found this to be true?  The question is, what are the pleasures we have pursued, and are they the real ones?  The psalmist sings about the real thing in Psalm 16, and that is what Pastor Jon explores with us this morning as we are invited to reflect together on the Psalm.  In verses 3 & 4 he talks about the other gods we pursue in a hopeless quest for happiness, while the real source is neglected, while we doubt if the real God will really come through or be there for us.  Yet, this psalm reminds us of what is real, of what is really satisfying, or what the real source of happiness and joy actually is.

Where is our focus?  Where goes our energy go?  To what extent have we embraced this psalm and learned to sing it not only with our voices, but with our lives?

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