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The Lord your God is in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save.
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV)
The Lord God is in your midst -
A follower of Jesus finds this comforting. Personally, when I am troubled, once I pray, I feel God’s presence come over me. That prayer may be a simple sentence,”God, please help me.”
The Mighty One, will save.
Yes, God, the Might One will save us. He will do this because of His great love for us.
He will rejoice over you with gladness.
To rejoice simply means to be glad. When we praise someone for a deed they have done, we are glad. When our favorite sports team wins, we celebrate and are glad.
When a person asks Jesus into his or heart hearts, we are thankful and we rejoice with them.
He will quiet you with His love
When we ask Jesus to enter into a circumstance in our lives, our attitude changes, our heartbeat may return to normal, we feel at peace. Jesus does quiet our hearts.
He will rejoice over you with singing
Can you picture God, either standing over us or holding us in His arms and rejoicing over us? I get that mental picture. Even when we think we might have not done what we should do; when we make our confession to God, I believe He does just that-He rejoices by singing over each one of us.
Thanks for highlighting these words from the book of Zephaniah, Cecelia. To be honest with you I find it often difficult to imagine and realize that the Lord rejoices over me, yet the Bibles says this is how He looks at His loved ones. I will think about it again today, thank you!
ReplyDeleteMarja: Yes, sometimes it is hard to realize that God loves us that much. There are days that I have to ask God to forgive me for something I have done that I know He doesn't like. He instantly forgives me. God made each of us and loves us because of that. He does hold us in His hand and rejoices when we give Him glory, Peace and blessings to you and yours, my friend.
ReplyDeleteOh, He certainly will forgive us and rejoice over us with singing. I can't think of a more comforting and encouraging experience to have. We can have it every day when we put our full trust in the Lord.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Martha Jane: AMEN!
DeleteThank you, ittelkom.
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