We all want happiness – but some look for it in all the wrong places. Even as Christians it’s easy for us to be enticed by the world around us and neglect the things that are most important. Open your Bible to Psalm 1, written over 2500 years ago, and you’ll see this is not a new struggle.

3. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
The Road Less Traveled

4. 1 Blessed is the one who does not
walk in step with the wicked or stand
in the way that sinners take or sit in
the company of mockers,
Psalms 1 (NIV)

5. 2 but whose delight is in the law of
the Lord, and who meditates on his
law day and night.
Psalms 1 (NIV)

6. 3 That person is like a tree planted
by streams of water, which yields its
fruit in season and whose leaf does
not wither— whatever they do
prospers.
Psalms 1 (NIV)

7. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like
chaff that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the
assembly of the righteous.
Psalms 1 (NIV)

8. 6 For the Lord watches over the way
of the righteous, but the way of the
wicked leads to destruction.
Psalms 1 (NIV)

10. Whoever is not for me is against me
Matthew 12:30 NLT

11. “You can enter God’s Kingdom only
through the narrow gate. The
highway to hell is broad, and its gate
is wide for the many who choose
that way. 14 But the gateway to life is
very narrow and the road is difficult,
and only a few ever find it.
Matthew 7:13-14 NLT

17. Not so the wicked! They are like
chaff that the wind blows away.
Psalms 1:4 NIV

19. Blessed (happy) is the one whose
delight is in the Law of the Lord, and
who meditates on his word day and
night.
Psalm 1:2 NLT

21. That person is like a tree planted by
streams of water, which yields its
fruit in season and whose leaf does
not wither— whatever they do
prospers.
Psalm 1:3 NLT

22. Anyone who believes in me may
come and drink! For the Scriptures
declare, 'Rivers of living water will
flow from his heart.'" 39 (When he
said "living water," he was speaking
of the Spirit, who would be given to
everyone believing in him. ...)
John 7:38-39 NLT

23. Put on your new nature, and be
renewed as you learn to know your
Creator and become like him.
Colossians 3:10 NLT

24. Instead, let the Spirit renew your
thoughts and attitudes.
Ephesians 4:23 NLT