Saturday, June 12, 2021

Is God Happy?

How do you imagine God’s personality is? Every person has his/her imagination, which is possibly different from each other. In many paintings of Jesus, Jesus is drawn with a peaceful and wise look. Some artworks about Jesus emphasize His suffering, His love, or His caring nature. Additionally, in the Bible, we can feel that He has bold character. Depend on where and when, he is sometimes angry, loving, patient, etc.

Lately, there is one personality that I forgot about Him, i.e. He is in some situations happy. Several Bible verses indicate this.

At that same time, Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit - Luke 10:21 (NLT)

For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. - Zep 3:17 (NLT)

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate. - Luke 15:24 (NIV) 

God can give His genuine happiness to us, eg. as described in Psalm 126.

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