Happy Art Thou

Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.


Moses is saying his farewell to Israel and speaking the blessings over each tribe here. I chose this verse because it is more the conclusion, or the end result of the process that Israel has begun living. The "why" of the "Happy" is identified by who they are now, "O people saved by the Lord" the whole of being happy is not simply a mindless air head happiness "Oh, I've been saved by the Lord." then ignores the covenant. On the contrary, it is a confident continuing within the covenant that God has made with Israel which provides the happiness in "Happy art Thou"

There are many "how two" resources that we can go to and find how how to do one thing or another, and God makes it quite clear how to be happy in a relationship with him. Do What He Says! Now that is simple, wouldn't you agree?
What? Am I seeing some raised eye brows out there? You got a problem with what God requires? Yes, God does to require we do what he says to be in relationship with him, if you find someplace in the bible that says something to the contrary just let me know, but in the mean time we are required to do what God says to be in relationship with him, still got a problem with that?
He he he....Yea...me too. So....What happens next? We are all happy and everything and as long as..." O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency!"