Why do we do the things we do?

That question has been bothering me for the past little while. I want to know why people do things, even though they know its wrong. People will say one thing, and go with if for a while, untill it no longer suites them, then they feel free to change their mind and follow their desires. (yes, for those who wonder, I am partially talking about brandi and justin, but there is more to this than just them) I am sick of sin and the things that it does to people. It breaks them down into pieces of men, wanting only pleasure for themselves. We are tempted with what we think that we want, and we go headlong into what we never should have given a second though. And when I say tempted, I dont mean just by satan, the deciever, but also by ourselves. We make satan's work alot easier with the way that we can torture ourselves with the thought of sin. You see, we tend to see sin more as a forbiden fruit than the evil rotting that it is. We see sin, and at first want to turn and run, like we are comanded, then we want to take a closer look so as to find out what it is that is so bad, then we procede to toy with the idea of sinning, we are promised forgiveness of sins anyways. Then, before we know it, we are different people, somewhere between the instinct to run away, and the adiction that it can lead to, we have downplayed sin into more of a novelty, than something that Christ died for. It is so easily entrapping because we dont want to see things how they are. Somehow truth in the human mind isnt attractive, so we seek to live in made up worlds where wrong isnt wrong, its just not exactily right, and being close is good enough, besides, perfection is unatainable by humans anyway, believing the lie that Jesus wasnt as much man as he is made out to be. We get wrapped up in seeking things for ourselves that we just want to live life as good as we can and make ourselves happy. All this time forgeting that yes, it is possible to live a sinless life because it has been done, and that there is more to a good life than making ourselves happy. You see, the God of all creation has been going at things a little longer than we have, so I think he knows what can really make us happy. No, it may not be a right now happyness, but it will be a forever happyness that no one can take away. Once we can accept the forever happyness and find contentment in that, our God who never ceases to amaze me, gives us the happyness that we crave in out hearts. Not to say that we will always be happy, see, thats where people like to find Gods will, in where they see happyness. I have heard more times than I can count, people saying that they know that what they are doing is Gods will, because it makes them happy. I hate to break it to them, but in most of the situations in the Bible, where people did Gods will, it didnt necesarily make them happy. Jacob wasnt happy about having to wait 14 years to get his true bride, Moses didnt want to go back to Egypt, David didnt want to spare Saul's life, Jonah didnt want to go to Ninevah, and I dont think that Jesus was too crazy about going to die on the cross for a people that would slander his name for millenia to come. But you know what made it all worth their while... it pleased God, yes, it took some convincing on Gods part to get those mentioned to do what he asked, but they did it, and look what happened; Jacob was give the wife he always wanted and through her gave birth to a nation, Moses helped give Gods people freedom that they so craved, David was held as rightious and a man after God's own heart, Jonah's preaching helped to save a city from destruction, and Jesus rose again thus saving you and me.

Whats the point of all this rambling? Following Christ is not easy, and we know it. Doing God's will wont always make us happy at the moment. But in doing those things, we are initially saved and held as rightious children of God. It wont be the happiest road or the easiest, but along the road will be much happyness and rest. Prasie be to God, because he sees the bigger picture that I cant comprehend, and where our failings abound, His grace and love do likewise!