“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
I absolutely love this verse! One
morning I was feeling exceptionally overwhelmed and really needed
some encouragement. I took the kids to school and came back home to
steel a moment with the Lord before work. (Something I should have
already done) Normally I don’t do the open your Bible
and read where it falls technique, but this particular morning, I had
no idea where to go. I asked God to speak to me through his word and
desperately just opened my Bible.
It fell to this passage. As I read it
carefully, I began to weep as I saw the Lord trying to tell me how
much he not only loved me, but that he rejoices over me. I can be so
hard on myself, and every time I mess up, I feel like I have
disappointed God in some way. What a blessing to see that he is so
glad when He looks at me that he sings joyfully! Can you just
imagine that? It’s a little hard to picture. Despite my faults
and sins, God still loves me so much that he rejoices over me. How
cool is that?!
Not only does he rejoice over me, but
he quiets me with his love. Oh how my soul needed calming that
morning (and so many other times). Another translation reads “With
His love, he calms your fears.” How many times have my anxious
thoughts caused a battle in my mind and heart? The Bible tells us
in Philippians 4:6 to “Be anxious for nothing,..” What a great
truth to know that he calms us by his very own love. To me, it is
truly amazing that the one true, powerful, holy God loves me like
that, affectionately and personally.
So now, when my heart is racing, I tell
myself that God quiets me with his love. When I feel lonely and low,
I remind myself that my Heavenly Father is rejoicing over me with
joyful songs. How can I remain sad and anxious with knowledge of this
truth? The next time you feel anxious and
alone, meditate on this verse and allow God’s love to calm your
fears and quiet your soul.
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