Day 239
Reading: Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 3:20
As soon as I read this portion of Scripture my heart was filled with joy. I stood and walked with a bounce because something great was dropped into my heart. I had woken up with many questions in my heart. Questions of destiny, life and wisdom. Not only was I asking questions for myself but I also get to hear a lot from many people and sometimes they need wisdom.
We are living in times that require focus on God. The person who is not focussed will be stunned to discover how off course they are. The days we are living many are distracted and only come to realise that they are off course when they look up and discover that God is not where they thought He is. We are living in times where intimacy with God is what will bring us to the place of joy.
Zephaniah is one who in the midst of the troubled times that the children of God were facing walked intimately with God. He lived during the reign of Josiah a period during which the King sought after God even restoring the Temple worship. When the Law of Moses was found in the Temple, Josiah repented of the sins of the land and God responded by telling him that he, Josiah, would be spared of the destruction that was coming 2 Kings 22: 10-20. Zephaniah was sent to remind the children of God of the coming judgement.
My dear friend, a day is coming when you will stand before God. It will not be a day to play games. It will be a day to give an account. That will be a day where you and I will stand before the Righteous Judge and give account for our lives. Many today live without any regard of this. Our hearts should be filled with a holy fear knowing that we shall meet the Creator, the Miracle Worker as the Judge. God will weigh our lives and my prayer is that it will be said that I delighted to do His will Psalms 40:7.
God is restoring a pure language amongst His people. It's a language of love. It's not the love of a person but the God kind of love that loves not because of feelings or attachment but a choice. God is restoring amongst His children the love that will unite us together tying us together with bounds of love. In unity, we shall call on the name of God and serve Him wholly. Once love is aflame in us the world will turn to God. As long as we love selectively we won't see the hand of God. God makes it rain on all not selectively.
In the midst of love, we shall experience a rejoicing that can only come from God. God's love will quieten us by removing the crying and despondency in our hearts. Zephaniah then says something that is stunning. He prophecies that God would sing over you and me. Imagine the way a lover is serenaded with a love song, God will serenade you with His song. Let love overflow and soon you will hear a new song over your life coming from God.
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Zephaniah 3:17-19
The Lord your God 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.” “I will gather those who sorrow over the appointed assembly, who are among you, to whom its reproach is a burden. Behold, at that time I will deal with all who afflict you; I will save the lame, and gather those who were driven out; I will appoint them for praise and fame in every land where they were put to shame. (italics mine)
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