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.

God is with you

From time to time we need to be reminded that God is with us. Many bible verses go in that direction, for example:

• God said to Moses (Exo 3:12), to Joshua (Jos 1:9), to Gideon (Judg 6:12,16), to His disciples (Mat 28:20)
• Many people/prophet said that to the people: Moses (Deut 31:6,8), Isaiah (Isa 41:10),  Zephaniah (Zep 3:17), the author of the book of Hebrew (Heb 13:5).
• By signs and wonders: by the presence of manna, cloud, fire, angels, etc.
• Holy Spirit is with us: Eze 36:27, John 14:16, 1 Cor 3:16, 2 Cor 13:14.

During my long journeys (eg. long academic studies/processes, in the effort of praying/believing for something), apart from small voices in my heart and from reading the bible, sometimes God gives me small reminders about His companionship. He suddenly answered my simple prayers/wishes (eg. want to have/eat something, want to talk with someone). Then, He said the simple sentence to me "I am with you". This helped me a lot especially when I feel emotionally tired or when I start to doubt (if I did/decided something wrong). 

The God that loves you is with you.