Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will
save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he
will exult over you with loud singing.
Who is Our Lord?
Surely this is a question we must all ask before we can decide to
surrender our lives to Him for all eternity.
With the question unanswered, it is easy to understand why we struggle
to pick up our crosses to follow Jesus.
How can we sacrifice so much for someone we do not know well?
This one simple passage from Zephaniah provides all we need
to know about the character and the heartbeat of Jesus Christ. Zephaniah prophesied about the mighty one
who was coming to save us from destruction.
Zephaniah told of how He would dwell within us. And Zephaniah emphasized how He would rejoice
over us in gladness and bring us eternal comfort through His love for us. Zephaniah added that His joy would be so great
that He would celebrate over us with song.
Let us strive to know Our Savior and delight in Him as He
delights in us. Let us learn to trust
Him completely with our lives. Let us
learn to celebrate Him as He celebrates us.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for providing Your Son to save
us from eternal destruction. We bless
the name of Jesus who comes to dwell within us when we receive Him as Our
Savior. We pray, Lord, that the Holy
Spirit will reveal to us the perfection in the character of Your Son. May the Holy Spirit show us how Your Son’s
heart beats for us. May the depth of our
understanding lead us to pick up our crosses and completely surrender to the
fullness of a life in Christ. We rejoice
in knowing that we will serve You day after day without end. May we join You in the celebration of
life. We ask all these things in the
name of the One who rejoices over us in gladness, Jesus Christ.
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