By Chaplain Ted
Train Up A Child Series
This belief often leads people to prioritize personal happiness over holiness, implying that anything that makes a person happy is automatically God’s will. While God does care for our well-being, the Bible teaches that God’s primary goal for us is to grow in holiness and Christlikeness, which sometimes requires enduring hardships (1 Peter 1:15-16, James 1:2-4).