"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will guiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." -Zephaniah 3:17
The hardheaded Israelites had clear warnings to repent and trun from sin, yet again and again they ignored the Lord. Their desire for Him faded. They had become prideful, haughty, prosperous and indifferent to God. They worshiped other gods, preferring the creation over the Creator. Does all of that sound very far from us today? Zephaniah pronounces the judgment that would come against this kind of sin. Yet within that prophecy, there also is a word of hope.
God's help is offered in such desperate times. Look closely at verse 17. God is present with you; you are not alone. He is mighty to save, His power delivering, saving, and giving you victory. He enjoys you as a parent loves a child. His love runs deep, renewing us to Himself. His satisfaction with us is expressed in song.
Jesus took God's wrath for us and gave us His righteousness, so that no matter how hardheaded we are, He still takes great delight in us and even sings over us! We are the recipients of His immeasurable grace. --- There is great hope and relief when we are free of sin and celebrate restoration through Jesus.
--Haven Today
-TAKE ME HIGHER ~/ Lincoln Brewster
Take not your Spirit from me; Lord lead me to your peace; My one disire is to be with you Come cleanse my life Lord and, make me pure, Won't you wrap me up in your arms? -----
Lord, Take Me Higher And draw me closer Pull me deeper, than I've ever been.
----- Hide not your face from me Lord, set my spirit free- Oh my one desire is to be with You; come cleanse my life
Lord,and make me pure, Won't you wrap me up, in your arms and.... Take me higher!...
--------Lincoln Brewster ~
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
