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Zephaniah 3:14-17 14 SING, O DAUGHTER OF ZION; SHOUT, O ISRAEL; BE GLAD AND REJOICE WITH ALL THE HEART, O DAUGHTER OF JERUSLEM. Lord, by thy grace I am a daughter of Zion, a daughter of Jerusalem, and Your admonition to me this morning is to SING and SHOUT...SING and SHOUT...SING and SHOUT! So by Your grace, I shall go outside under the cool shade of the trees and do just that. I know a tune to verse 17, and I shall sing and shout it for all the birdies and for You to hear...Yes, I am to be glad and to rejoice, but I see here that my HEART attitude is important. May I sing and shout for YOUR GLORY, for YOUR PRAISE... wholeheartedly! 15 THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY THY JUDGMENTS, HE HATH CAST OUT THINE ENEMY: THE KING OF ISRAEL, EVEN THE LORD, IS IN THE MIDST OF THEE: THOU SHALT NOT SEE EVIL ANYMORE. And why do I sing and shout? Why am I so happy today? Because there is no longer a "death sentence" hanging over my head, and my sin has been taken away. The devil has been DEFEATED, and he can no longer really hurt me because YOU are here in me, Lord...FOREVER in my midst and in my heart! Yes...HAPPINESS forever is on the way!!! All adversity, affliction, misery, sin, sorrow, trouble, sickness is soon to be "crossed out" - BANISHED forever, and there will be no more fear! Hallelujah! 16 IN THAT DAY IT SHALL BE SAID TO JERUSALEM, FEAR THOU NOT: AND TO ZION, LET NOT THINE HANDS BE SLACK. During these days as I encounter a flarein my illness and a "scary" thought that I may be getting worse, I believe You are telling me through this verse to be STILL before you - to WAIT on You without fear - to be willing to suffer even more, and yet to "let not my hands be slack" in trying new things whenever You give me the "word" and ability to do so. Today I will wait and SING...FOR: 17 THE LORD THY GOD IN THE MIDST OF THEE IS MIGHTY; HE WILL SAVE, HE WILL REJOICE OVER THEE WITH JOY; HE WILL REST IN HIS LOVE, HE WILL JOY OVER THEE WITH SINGING. Yes, my song today is: O LORD my God in the midst of me, You are mighty, and YOU will save! You will rejoice over me with joy! You will rest in Your love! You will joy over me with singing!
Spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically, You will save! Someday I shall be entirely well and whole! Hallelujah! And Your special promise to me today is that You are REJOICING over me! Yes, You are an emotional God, and as I sing and dance alone before You and the birdies here under the trees with my hands uplifted to You, I can just "hear" You singing, too, and Your song to me is:
I am mighty, and I will save! I will rejoice over Thee with joy! I will rest in my love! I will joy over thee with singing!
Yes, You will rejoice and sing, but You will also "rest" in Your love. The original denotes "silence". You will rejoice with me in SINGING, and You will also rejoice with me in SILENCE. As I stop my singing and dancing, may I rest in Your "silence", too, and meditate on Your finished work on the cross for me. This is why You can "rest", and may I also REST IN YOUR LOVE - knowing that I am FOREVER YOURS! You sing with me...You cry with me...and now You sit in quietness with me! Thank-You, Lord, for Your Almighty LOVE! And in the stillness of this moment, I can hear You singing to me once again with JOY - My little lamb, my precious, my Love, I died just for You...I love you so! Today I JOY with thee in SINGING That my love forever you shall KNOW! Thank-You, Lord, for Your beautiful PROMISES! Amen! |