Is The God You Worship A Happy God?

Is the God you worship a happy God?

“Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding

joy; and I will praise you…”

Psalm 43:4

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that

your joy may be complete.”

John 15:11

God rejoices in His creation

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very

good…” (Gen 1:31)

“There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan (Whale),

which you formed to frolic there.”

Psalm 104:26

Creation rejoices in God

“Who laid (the Earth’s) cornerstone while the morning stars

sang together…?” (Job 38:7)

“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the

mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all

the trees of the field will clap their hands.”

Isaiah 55:12

God rejoices in His people

“His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his

delight in the legs of a man; the Lord delights in those who

fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love. (Ps

147:10-11)

“…“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well

pleased.” (Mt 3:17)

“to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made

us accepted in the Beloved.” (Eph 1:6)

God’s people rejoice in Him

““Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong

man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his

riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he

understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who

exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for

in these I delight,” declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 9:23-24

“If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15)

“For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It

is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the

nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of

imagination by His beauty’ the opening of the heart to His

love; the surrender of will to His purpose – and all of this

gathered up in adoration…”

--William Law

Rejoice in God’s Holiness

“Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was

covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day

and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the

Lord God Almighty, …” (Revelation 4:8)

Rejoice in God’s Truth

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he

meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:2)

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he

meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:2)

Rejoice in God’s love

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants

for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When can I go and meet with God?” (Psalm 42:1-2)

Rejoice in God’s Will

“I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my

heart.” (Psalm 40:8)

Philippians 4:4

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”