«For the lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs» (Zephaniah 3:17, NLT).
What does God think of you? what does He say about you? What tone of voice does He use when referring to you? Sometimes we have a mental image of God as a severe, irascible being who is always frowning. However, the Bible reveals a completely different image: God is cheerful. merciful, and He likes to sing. God sings! While prophesying about the New Jerusalem, Zephaniah revealed that God will delight in us with singing. Like a mother hums while tenderly gazing at her baby, God will affectionately sing love songs to us.
We underestimate the joy and love that God feels for us. However. He clearly says. «For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain» (Isaiah 54:10, NLT). God loves you so much that He writes songs about you and sings them. Charles Spurgeon, the renowned English preacher, described it this way in Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible: «Think of the great Jehovah singing. Can you imagine it? Is it possible to conceive of the Deity breaking into a song; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost singing together over the redeemed? God is so happy in the love which He bears to His people, that he breaks the silence.»
It’s important for us to learn to recognize God’s voice. to know how to distinguish it from the sounds and voices that besiege us on a daily basis. If our image of God is incorrect. we will view Him as a tyrant. We will confuse the voice of our inner critic with His. As William and Kristi Gaultiere explain in Mistaken Identity, when we internalize negative attitudes other people have expressed, it’s natural to expect others to treat us the same way. In that case, God‘s loving voice can easily become distorted, due to the loudspeakers of the inner critic living within us.
God loves you and me. Even when He disciplines us, He does so in a loving tone of voice, not a tone of accusation and condemnation (see Romans 8:1; Revelation 12:10). May He open our ears so that we may hear the song He hums while tenderly gazing upon us.
Dear Lord, I want to hear Your voice. I want to hear the love song
You wrote just for me. Please help me quiet the noises, criticism
And fear, so that I may hear Your clear and loving voice.
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Take From: Devotional Thoughts for Women 2022
«NO FEARS»
BY: VANEZA PISSUTO
Collaborators: Alexandra Perez & Angelica Cuate
