“Happy Art Thou, O Israel”

They were, it is true, about to enter the land, but before them they had the great and mighty nations. Now if this was true of the literal Israel, how far more abundantly ought it to be true regarding the Israel of God. Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, is it true of you? “Happy art thou, O Israel.”
I desire to give my testimony that it is true of me. Though a poor miserable sinner, I am a very happy man. Though just now nearly seventy years of age, and though having been fifty years in the spiritual life, yet I have not grown unhappy; I am still very happy. Even as it is true of me, so it might be true of each of you. Why not? It is the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all His disciples should be happy disciples. Let us, then, aim after it. For there is such a thing as being holy and happy children—such a thing as being thoroughly decided Christians, and yet being happy. It is the will of the Father that we should be happy.
What is the reason that we are not all happy? Let each of you ask the question, and answer it before God to yourselves— “Why, why, why! am I not a happy child of God—a happy disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ?” There is nothing whatever to hinder us, so far as God’s truth is concerned. God delights to see you all happy. Do not say, “Oh, Mr. Muller, if you had my trial, my burden, you could not be happy.” What a mistake! The Christian may be always a happy man. While the world is dependent upon surrounding circumstances for apparent happiness, the Christian may be truly happy, whatever his circumstances may be, so long as he is really trusting in God, and satisfied with Him.
Therefore, my beloved Christian friends