Treasures From God’s Word — Week of April 27-May 3, 2026

DISCURSO

Subject: Happy to Have Jehovah in Our Life

When a person looks in real trouble, it can be seen right away who he trusts. While everything goes more or less well, many believe they have their lives under control. But when a crisis arrives, when fear, anguish or uncertainty appears, it is exposed where its security was laid. And that is just what Isaiah’s words clearly show. There Jehovah contrasts two ways of living: that of those who put their trust in empty things, and that of those who have it to him in his life. Therefore, today’s theme is very opportune: Happy to have Jehovah in our lives.

We’re going to develop three ideas. First, that idols can’t listen to those who shout at them for help. Second, those who have no Jehovah in their lives live agitated and are not united. And third, there is no peace for the wicked. When we review them, we’ll see why it’s a good relationship with Jehovah to have a good relationship with Jehovah.

Let’s start with the first idea. Let’s read Isaiah 57:13. Jehovah says: When you shout for help, your idol collection won’t save you. A wind will take them all away, a simple breath will take them away, but whoever takes refuge in me will inherit this land and take possession of my holy mountain. What a clear contrast. On the one hand, there are idols, who don’t save anyone. On the other hand, there is Jehovah, who protects and blesses him who takes refuge in him.

In the days of Judah, the people had accumulated a true collection of idols. And that revealed something very sad: although they continued to use the name of Jehovah, their heart was divided. They sought security in other gods, in other alliances, in other sources of support. But Jehovah made it clear that all that false trust would be of no use. And so it happened. In 607 before our era, when calamity came, those idols saved no one. A simple breath, so to speak, took them away. Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple was burned and most of its inhabitants were taken captive.

The lesson is very serious. What replaces Jehovah never really holds. While there is no problem, it may seem strong, useful or attractive. But when the test arrives, it reveals what it’s really worth. And something similar happens today. Perhaps not many people love literal images anymore, but there are modern idols. For some, the money is their safety. For others, it is politics, prestige, pleasure, technology or even their own opinion. And while everything seems stable, they think those things will hold them. But when life shakes, none of them can give real protection.

That is why what is said about Christianity and the rest of Babylon the Great is also so important. Nor will her large collection of idols deliver her on the day of Jehovah’s wrath. It will be devastated along with the entire global conglomerate of false religions. What joy it gives us to have obeyed the command of Revelation 18:4: “Get yourselves out of it, my people.” And how important it is to stand firm in that decision. Let’s never go back to her or her paths.

On the other hand, look on the final part of Isaiah 57:13: but he who takes refuge in me will inherit this earth and take possession of my holy mountain. Jehovah not only denounces the false; it also shows the safe way. Refugee in it does bring results. Having Jehovah in our life does not mean that there is no proof, but it does mean that we have someone to turn to, who to support us and who to receive real help from.

That brings us to the second point: those who have no Jehovah in their lives live agitated and are not united. Let us read Isaiah 57:20 .But the wicked are like the troubled sea that cannot calm down, whose waters continue to cast algae and mud. What a graphic image. Jehovah compares the wicked to a scrambled, agitated, unstable sea. He’s never still. It never conveys calm. He’s always throwing dirt.

That comparison describes the human society far from Jehovah. The world boasts of progress, freedom, progress, but in reality it is deeply agitated. Just see how people are divided by political, social, racial, economic or ideological issues. There are constant confrontations, senseless violence, hatred, tension and mistrust. People live upset, offended, crisp, often without inner peace and without true union.

And it can’t be any other way. If Jehovah is not in the life of a person or a society, the only solid foundation for peace and unity is lacking. Without him, everything becomes unstable. Today an exciting idea, tomorrow it disappoints. Today a leader seems to be the solution, tomorrow he disappoints. Today a current drags thousands, tomorrow disappears. It’s like the sea: a lot of movement, a lot of noise, but nothing firm.

How different is the people of Jehovah. As the world divideth, Jehovah produces peace and unity among his servants. And that difference is no coincidence. Zephaniah 3:17 shows that Jehovah rejoices at his people. Undoubtedly, it gives him joy to see the contrast between a hectic world and a united congregation. Not because we are perfect, but because we have Jehovah in our lives and that changes our way of thinking, of reacting and treating others.

Let’s think about this honestly. Anywhere on Earth, brothers of different ages, cultures, languages and backgrounds can gather in peace, worshipping God himself together. That is not produced by a human ideology. That is produced by Jehovah. That’s why we’re happy to have him in our life. Because he gives us a stability that the world cannot offer. It helps us not to be dragged by the environment, by the polemics of the moment or by the uncontrolled emotions. It teaches us to remain calm, peace and unity.

And that directly links to the third point: there is no peace for the wicked. Let us read Isaiah 57:21 There is no peace for the wicked, says my God. What a clear statement. Jehovah leaves no room for doubt. The wicked person can appear security, fun, success or power. It can have money, influences or recognition. But true peace, it doesn’t.

And why? For peace of truth can only come from Jehovah. He is the God of peace and the Source of peace. Moreover, peace is the fruit of its spirit. Therefore, only those who are at peace with God can have true peace. Serious transgressions hinder the relationship with Jehovah and disturb those who practice them inwardly. As the psalmist said, sin steals peace. So there can be no peace where there is no righteousness, righteousness, no good relationship with Jehovah.

That explains why the world seeks so much peace and finds so little. Search it on vacation, in money, in distractions, in treatments, in relationships or in external changes. But without Jehovah, that peace does not become deep or lasting. Instead, those who are fully dedicated to Jehovah love their law and listen to their commandments can enjoy true peace. Isaiah 48:18 expresses it in a precious way by saying that the peace of the obedient can become like a river.

Therefore, the question for meditation at the end of the speech is very valuable: How has my life improved since I have had a good relationship with Jehovah? It’s a personal question, but very powerful. Perhaps before there was more concern, more emptiness, more fear of the future, more confusion. And now there is more clarity, more purpose, more inner peace. Perhaps before one was left to be carried more by the environment, by pressure or by the need to please others. And now there is more balance, more unity with the people of Jehovah, and more confidence in him.

Some may remember that they used to seek security in other things. Perhaps in the material, in misguided friendships, in purely personal goals or in ideas of the world. But none of those things gave real peace. On the other hand, when he knew Jehovah, as he approached him and living according to his ways, life changed for the better. Not because all the problems disappeared, but because now there is a relationship with the only one who can really hold us.

So, in going over these three points, the conclusion is clear. I idols cannot save those who are yelling at them for help. Those who have not Jehovah in their lives live agitated and without true unity. And there is no peace for the wicked. But he who takes refuge in Jehovah does have a future, does have stability and can enjoy true peace.

Therefore, how happy we are to have Jehovah in our lives. He is not like idols, they do not hear or answer. He listens. He’s leading. He protects. He gives peace. And he unites his people. So let’s do everything we can to keep us very close to Jehovah. Let’s never put our trust in substitutes. Let us never envy the apparent security of this world. And let’s never forget that true happiness is not in having more things, more recognition or more freedom to do what you want. True happiness is in having Jehovah in our lives.

So let’s keep taking refuge in it. Let us continue to depart completely from Babylon the Great and from its paths. Let us continue to value the peace and unity which Jehovah gives to his people. And let us continue to meditate on this question: How has my life improved since I have a good relationship with Jehovah? The more we think about it, the more convinced we will be of something very beautiful: we are really happy to have Jehovah in our lives.