Hebrews 11:25 - Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

We often justify wrong things we do with the response, "Don't I have the right to be happy?" One of our rights as Americans is the pursuit of happiness, but ultimately, only God has the right to be happy. We have the right, actually the obligation, to make God happy in what we do. When we do what God wants us to do, He will give us joy. When we set about to make ourselves happy with no regard to His Word, we may have happiness for a time, but it will be short-lived.