“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17)
I have tried to text a daily bible verse to my family. It has apparently become something they all look forward to. My daughter decided to do it one day for the family...which was an amazing surprise! Not just because she did it but also because of the verse she chose on her own (I was at work). Matthew 5:37 where it talks about turning the other cheek when someone hurts you. I was a proud mommy. So the next day I had asked if she wanted to do it again and she said yes, well she forgot and no verse was sent out. Well again to my surprise this time my husband told me I forgot to do the verse! Really?? I looked at it as God reminding me to take the time to be with Him and reassuring me that it was not only for me but also for my family.
So today, I was thinking about what verse would be a good and started reading my email devotions. Gwen Smith's was the first one I read and as soon as I read the opening verse I knew instantly it was the verse to send out. So I did, even before reading the rest of the devotion that Gwen wrote I started thinking: His words says "He will take great delight in you", my God delights in me? His word says "He will rejoice over you with singing", my God rejoices with singing over me? The lady that struggles daily with anxiety, with feeling like I have to please others and with self doubt? The lady with a sinful past? The lady that falls short of His glory daily or even hourly? The answer is YES!!! He loves me unconditionally! He loves all of us unconditionally, so much so He placed His son on the cross in our place so we could live with Him in Heaven. So that we could stand in His presence holy and without shame. What an amazing God we have! I thank God for providing just the right words to me at just the right time. But then again isn't that how God works. He knows us even better than we know ourselves and knows exactly what we need.
He also must have known someone else in my family needed those words at that very moment. My husband sent me back a text thanking me for the sending the verse and saying he "needed that". He was dealing with an insurance company at that very moment. Oh how God makes me smile in His work. My prayer for my family is that we all remember how precious we are to God and how much he loves us. For me, because I love singing so much, to know God sings over me brings such amazing peace. My prayer for you if you are reading this, is that YOU will know just how loved you are by the Mighty King. He delights in you, He rejoices and sings over you! You are not forgotten. You are not alone. You are not unloved. You belong to the King of Heaven. He brought you to this blog for these very words. Please allow them to bring peace to your heart.
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