Jehovah Can Help Us to Really Be Happy

1-2. (a) Today, how plenty people can feel? (b) Wetin we will talk about in this article?

Today, people can do different-different thing dem to be happy. But still they can’t be happy. In fact, plenty people can be sad and they can feel da things will never get better. It can even happen to some of Jehovah people too. And because we living in “the last days,” we can face problem dem da can make us to worry or be sad.”—2 Tim. 3:1.

² In this article, we will talk about some thing dem da can make us sad and wetin we can do to be happy again. But first, let talk about who can really make us happy.

WHO CAN HELP US TO REALLY BE HAPPY?

3. Wetin we can learn about Jehovah from the thing dem he make? (Also see the pictures.)

³ Jehovah always happy. And he want for us to be happy too. Da the reason why he make plenty thing dem da can make us happy. For example, we can be happy when we see the fine-fine thing dem on the earth like the different-different colors and when animal dem playing. We can also be happy when we eating food da we like. All this one show da God love us and he want us to be happy!

Baby elephant: Image © Romi Gamit/Shutterstock; penguin chicks: Vladimir Seliverstov/500px via Getty Images; baby goats: Rita Kochmarjova/stock.adobe.com; two dolphins: georgeclerk/E+ via Getty Images

4. (a) Why Jehovah can still be happy even though he can see all the suffering in the world? (b) How Jehovah can help us? (Psalm 16:11)

⁴ Jehovah can see all the suffering da in the world. And he can’t be happy about it. But the Bible call him “the happy God.” (1 Tim. 1:11) So, why Jehovah can still be happy even though he can see all this suffering? One reason da because he already na set the day for all suffering to finish forever. But Jehovah understand what we going through and he really want help us. How? Da to help us to really be happy. (Read Psalm 16:11.) Let see how Jehovah make his Son, Jesus to be happy.

5-6. Why Jesus always happy?

⁵ Among all Jehovah creation, Jesus da the most happy person. Let see some reason why we say so: (1) He just like his Pa. (Col. 1:15; see “happy” study note on 1 Timothy 6:15.) (2) He na stay long with his Pa who always happy.

⁶ Also, Jesus always happy because he can do anything his Pa tell him to do. (Prov. 8:​30, 31; John 8:29) Because of da, Jehovah really happy with him.—Matt. 3:17.

7. Wetin can help us to really be happy?

⁷ We ourself too can really be happy if we continue to draw close to Jehovah. The more we learn about Jehovah and follow his example, da the more we will be happy. We can also be happy when we do what Jehovah tell us to do. And when we know da he happy with us, we can also be happy.a (Ps. 33:12) But sometime, we can be sad for short time or for long time. If you feel like da, it not mean da Jehovah not happy with you. Jehovah know da because we not perfect, sometime we can really be sad and we can feel pain. (Ps. 103:14) So now, let talk about some thing dem da can make us sad and wetin we can do to be happy again.

WETIN CAN MAKE US SAD AND HOW WE CAN BE HAPPY AGAIN?

8. How we can feel when we going through problem?

⁸ No. 1: When we going through problem. People treating you bad because you serving Jehovah? Or you suffering because of natural disaster or because of sickness, old age or money problem? It can be easy for us to really be sad if we not able to do anything about this problem dem. Da why the Bible say: “heartache crushes the spirit.” (Prov. 15:13) Da just how one elder name Babis wor feeling. His parents and his brother die in four-year time. He say: “I wor thinking da nobody able to help me. Sometime, I really use to feel bad because I wor not able to spend time with my parents and my brother before they die.” Da the same way some problem dem can be so hard da it can make us to be tire and discourage.

9. Wetin can help us to be happy again? (Jeremiah 29:​4-7, 10)

⁹ Wetin can help us to be happy again? We can be happy again if we stop worrying about the thing dem we not get and be grateful for what we get. The Bible say da we can still be happy even if our situation not looking the way we want it to be. For example, Jehovah tell the Jew dem who they carry to Babylon to do what they able to do, to enjoy life there. (Read Jeremiah 29:​4-7, 10.) What the lesson? Try to accept any situation you in and be grateful for the good thing dem you enjoying in your life. Remember da Jehovah will always help you, he will never leave you. (Ps. 63:7; 146:5) For example, Effie make accident and she wor not able to walk again. She say: “Jehovah, my family and my brother and sister dem in the congregation really help me and encourage me. I want show to them da I really grateful for their help. So I can try my best to be happy.”

10. Why we can still be happy even when we going through problem?

¹⁰ Even when bad things happen to us or to our family, we can still be happy.b (Ps. 126:5) Why? Because our happiness not depend on the thing dem we going through. One pioneer name Maria, say: “When we going through problem, we can still be happy because we know what Jehovah na promise to do for us. But this one not mean da we can’t cry or we can’t feel bad. But Our Father Jehovah can help us to always be happy no matter what we going through.” Remember da no matter how life hard on you now-now, it will not be like da forever. Jehovah will soon move all the thing dem da making us to suffer and be sad.

11. How the apostle Paul example encourage you?

¹¹ Suppose we start thinking da we going through problem because Jehovah not happy with us? If da how we feeling, it will be good to think about some of Jehovah faithful servant dem who go through problem too. Let look at the apostle Paul example. Da Jesus seh choose Paul to preach the good news “to the nations, the king dem, and the people of Israel.” (Acts 9:15) Da important work Jesus give Paul! But still, Paul face plenty different-different problem. (2 Cor. 11:​23-27) You think the problem dem Paul go through show da Jehovah wor not happy with him again? No! In fact, the way he bear this problem dem, it show da Jehovah wor blessing him. (Rom. 5:​3-5) Da the same way you continue to be faithful to Jehovah even though you going through problem. So you too can be sure da Jehovah happy with you.

12. How we can feel when we not able to reach our goal?

¹² No. 2: When we not able to reach our goal. (Prov. 13:12) Because we love Jehovah and we grateful to him, we can set goals to do more for him. But we can be discourage if we not able to reach our goal. (Prov. 17:22) One pioneer name Holly say: “I wanted to go to the School for Kingdom Evangelizers, to go preach in other countries, or to work on construction. But when my situation change, I wor not able to do any of this thing dem. And it make me to be discourage. Da just how plenty of Jehovah servant dem can feel when they not able to reach their goal.

13. If our situation not allow us to do what we want do, what some other thing dem we can try to do?

¹³ Wetin can help us to be happy again? Remember da Jehovah can’t tell us to do something da we not able to do. And he can still value us even when we not able to do what other people can do. Jehovah want us to be faithful and to know our limit. (Mic. 6:8; 1 Cor. 4:2) He can focus on how we think, feel and our good-good qualities more than what we can want do for him. Da why we mon not expect ourself to do more than what we able to do.c So if your situation not allow you to do what you really want do for Jehovah, try to think about thing dem you able to do. For example, you can help to train young person or encourage older brother or sister dem. You can also try to visit somebody, use your phone to call them or send them message to encourage them? When you do the thing dem you able to do, Jehovah will bless you and you will be happy! And remember too da in the new world da will soon come, we will be able to do all the thing dem da we really want do for Jehovah! Holly, who we talk about before say: “When I feeling discourage, I can remember da in the future I will live forever. And during da time, Jehovah will help me to do the thing dem I want do for him.”

14. Wetin else can make us to not be happy?

¹⁴ No. 3: When we depend on money or other thing dem. On the internet, sometime we can see people who looking like they happy because they enjoying theirself. If we not take time, we can start thinking da if we do the thing dem we like, buy what we want and travel to different-different places, we will really be happy. It not wrong to do this thing dem to enjoy ourself. Jehovah want us to enjoy the fine-fine thing dem da he make for us. But plenty people who can only base their happiness on this thing dem, can see da it can’t really make them happy. One pioneer sister name Eva say, “When you only think about making yourself happy, you will never be satisfy with what you get.” And da true. When you only think about making yourself happy all the time, you will be sad and discourage.

15. Wetin we can learn from King Solomon?

¹⁵ King Solomon try to do plenty different-different thing dem to be happy. For example, he eat different-different good food, listen to good-good music and buy plenty expensive things. But all this thing dem not make him happy. He say: “The eye is not satisfied at seeing; nor is the ear filled from hearing.” (Eccl. 1:8; 2:​1-11) The world idea about what can really make people happy, looking just like counterfeit money. It not get any value even though it looking just like real money.

16. Wetin can help us to be happy again? (Also see the pictures.)

¹⁶ Wetin can help us to be happy again? Jesus say, “You will be more happy when you give to people than when people give to you.” (Acts 20:35) One elder name Alekos say: “I can focus on doing small-small thing dem for other people. When I help people, I can’t only be thinking about myself so it can make me happy.” What some thing dem you can do to help other people? For example, if you see somebody who feeling sad, try to talk with them. Maybe you will not be able to solve his problem. But you can help him to feel better if you listen to him good-good and try to understand how he feeling. You can remind him to throw his problem on Jehovah. (Ps. 55:22; 68:19) You can also help him to see da Jehovah not forget about him. (Ps. 37:28; Isa. 59:1) You can even do some small-small thing dem to help him. For example, you can cook for the person or you can just sit down with them. Or yor can go field service together because preaching to people can always make us happy. Allow Jehovah to use you to encourage other people. When we use our time to help other people, it can really make us happy!—Prov. 11:25.

17. If we really want be happy, wetin we mon do? (Psalm 43:4)

¹⁷ We can really be happy if we continue to draw close to our Father Jehovah. The Bible say da Jehovah can really make us happy. (Read Psalm 43:4.) So no matter what we going through, we mon not be scare or worry. But let continue to make Jehovah our best friend. Then we will be happy forever!—Ps. 144:15.