“The Lord your God is with you…He will take great delight in you…He will calm you with His love…He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 The Message
Ironically, this past year brought to our nation's doorstep some startling events that are certainly less than delightful...hurricane Sanday, Sandy Hook school, Aurora Cinema, Clackamas Mall, lack of expected economic recovery - just to name a few. As challenging as these are, it is the first line of our "delight" scripture for the year that offers us both comfort and hope...
The Lord your God is with you...
What a reassuring word for us during the changing times of 2012! The second line of our scripture tells us that God not only stays near us but delights in being with us - preferring us - finding joy in our presence!
. He will take great delight in you...
The next line carries with it the calm we all long for bringing it to us on the wings of His forever love...
He will calm you with His love...
Finally, He reminds us that He is not only always with us, enjoying our presence and surrounding us with His calming love but He tells the whole world about it by singing our praises.
He will rejoice over you with singing.
Our response to these great promises from our Creator is then, to delight in Him by...
TRUSTING in His presence
BASKING in His delight
LIVING in His calming love
SINGING His praises wherever we go
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV
This completes the circle...He delights in us and we delight in Him! No matter what life brings, we can rest assured of our Lord's delight in us...
As for the saints the earth, “They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.” Psalm 16:3 NKJV
Blessings...excellent one, as you delight in our Lord and He delights in you!
NOTE: Watch for 2013"s WORD FOR THE YEAR to be announced next Friday!
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