James 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Is God Happy? We can imagine Him as stern, certainly angry, but Happy? In the West we rarely imagine His emotions as inconceivable and flatten Him from the Bible’s full picture to an angry, almost malevolent, Judge. Judge He certainly is and the Scripture is clear about His Holy hatred of what is hate-worthy (i.e. sin), but the picture of God we get when we really read with eyes open is of a God who is essentially happy.
He dwells in a place where every good and perfect thing remains in an unchanging state of perfection. From that perfect Heaven, He rains down gifts on us. If I want to know if God has some good thing to bring me too, if I want to be sure that Heaven is a lovely, joy-filled place, I just need to look at the whole picture. He is Holy, and He is loving with a steadfast love. He is delighted and delights to delight us. Look up to the Sovereign smile of God’s almighty Joy.
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to fight the lie that happiness can only be found in this world.