Dutifully Right

The pursuit of happiness is supposedly an inalienable human right. I beg to differ. More than any right I think it is a duty. It is a responsability. Man really has no rights. There is no right to this or the other. Properly speaking the only right we have is unto damnation. Of course, because of God and His grace, we enjoy certain delights which are accompanied with duties. And because of our faith in His grace our damnation has also been cancelled. Therefore to claim personal rights is to be ridiculous. Pursuing happiness is, if properly understood, pursuing God. This is not a right, this is a duty. As Christians we are held accountable for our pursuit of God, something which must be a priority in our lives. My blogging of God's interferences in my life is not all because He interrupts or interferes so much as that I look for Him, I try to find Him in all that I read or watch or listen to. He is, or should be, part of all I do. As consequence He will be glorified (I hope) in all I do. So to say that the pursuit of happiness, which equals a pursuit of God, is a right, I would say that it certainly is not. Rather it is a responsability or duty. A delightful duty - most of the time...I mean, come on, if we're honest it's not always delightful. Yet because it is a duty, it must be done. Here discipline steps in to replace delight when delight is absent. Happiness cannot be found apart from God.