Did you know that your life brings God joy? I think to many times we put God into a “man upstairs” box and too easily forget that God is not just the “Most High” God, but He is also the “Most Nigh” God.
God created each of you with an intimate personal relationship in mind. God does not force you to love Him, he desires your free expressions of love. God also wants to show you the depths of His love.
It is with this thought in mind that I would like to share the following verse with you:
Zepheniah. 3:17 (NLT)
For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song."
I want you to notice a few things in this passage of Scripture. First of all notice that God lives in community with you. There is no place you go and no circumstance you face in which God is not present with you. He sees your days both good and bad. God desires to share your life with all of it’s ups and downs. How many times do you talk to God about your day? How often do you invite him to join you at work, at school or at play?
Did you realize that God rejoices over you? Look at this next point. “He will rejoice over you with great gladness.” When you think about the word rejoice, I want you to think about the strong expressions of joy that are expressed at a wedding or the birth of child. Not only is God rejoicing over you, but He is rejoicing with great gladness. When we live our lives in harmonious relationship with God we honor Him and bring gladness to His heart.
Do you ever get scared? My daughter tends to be frightened by thunderstorms. When the storms come, she likes to come and crawl into bed with mom and dad. Why does crawling in bed with us calm her fears? I can’t make the thunder go away. It is the love of her parents that she seeks. Our love gives her strength and assurance that everything will be ok. Look at what the Bible says about power of love conquering fear:
1 John 4:18 (NLT)
Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.
The final thing I want you to see is this: God exults over you by singing a happy song. God literally breaks into song when He rejoices over you. What an amazing thought!!! God…the Creator, sustainer, the Almighty….rejoices over you and me in song.
Today if you are feeling a little unloved, unappreciated or just plain unnoticed, remember this…when God thinks of a love relationship with you, His heart is filled with gladness and He rejoices over you in song.
Until next Monday, may God’s richest blessings be yours this week.
Carl
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