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
And rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
God is with us
Not only within, but among
Not just close, but joined
Not simply present, but intimately connected
The colossal God defending his children
How immense is his liberation power
The extraordinary one releasing the shackles
The mighty master who brings salvation
But how can the immortal delight in the mortal?
How can the everlasting find joy in the never-lasting?
Is God's pleasure a response to us, or a sharing with us?
Is there anything in me in which he can delight?
But he will quiet us with his love
He will hush us with his grace
He will bring a stillness to our frantic lives
He will mute the noise battering our senses
And then a heavenly hymn, a sacred song
Will draw all ears, attract all attentions
Not an angelic chorus, but the creator himself
The God of heaven rejoicing in his image in man
The notes will rise and fall
The melody taking music to a place that it has never before been
The creator God using his breath and vocal cords to emit sounds
The result is a song
This song is an expression
An overflow of the heart of God
Rejoicing being transmitted
A present God singing over us
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